Something medical ppl might be interested...

Medical People... read about this....

"LONDON: Malaysian specialist doctors will berewarded with an “instant” pay rise of about RM4,000 if they were to return home and serve the country.Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said theywould immediately move up from the Grade U41salary scale of RM3,000 to Grade U48 of RM7,000.He said the Public Services Department (PSD) hadapproved the “big jump” in recognition of theirspecialised skills and training in Britain.“So my advice is return home while the going’s stillgood,” he said during a dialogue with a group ofMalaysian doctors and medical students in MalaysiaHall here on Saturday.Dr Chua urged them not to take too long as therecould be a surplus of doctors in Malaysia in 10 to 15years.“It’s either doctor laku or doctor yang tak laku,” hesaid, adding that the competition was intense in theKlang Valley, which had a ratio of about one doctor to400 people.Dr Chua also cautioned Malaysian medical studentsthat they would find it more difficult to work in Britainin the next three to five years.This is because the British government wouldincreasingly give preference to its citizens and EUnationals, while Malaysians would be lumped togetherwith other nationalities.He said he was not appealing to them on the groundsof nationalism or patriotism.“We’re appealing to them on the basis that there isdefinitely a better future in their own country.”Elaborating on the incentive for Malaysian specialists,he said those with post-basic qualifications such asMembership of the Royal College of Physicians,United Kingdom (MRCP) and MRCOG (Obstetrics andGynaecology), as well as two years' experience wouldstart off on the U48 salary scale.“That’s a big jump and they’re only two rungs awayfrom Special Scale already,” he said.Dr Chua said the ministry was also developing 32 sub-speciality services that faced shortages.He said they had taken over from the PSD the task ofselecting medical students for masters andpostgraduate programmes.“We plan to send 400 students for sub-specialitytraining, both in Malaysia and overseas every year.”He said the ministry hoped to overcome mismatchesas had happened in the past, where the students’aspirations were not matched by their scholarships.Dr Chua also touched on a wide range of incentivesas well as career advancement prospects including:ON-CALL allowance in- creased from RM25 toRM170;ALLOWING locum in government hospitals;SIMPLIFIED Bahasa Malaysia exam for serviceconfirmation;FULL-PAYING patients in Putrajaya andSelayang hospitals as a pilot project, where part of thefull rates go to doctors; and298 promotional posts approved for seniorpositions.Present were Malaysian High Commissioner DatukAbdul Aziz Mohamed, Malaysian Students Departmentdirector Dr Syed Raisudin Syed Abdullah, IslamicMedical Association of Malaysia (UK & Eire) vice-president Dr Mohammad Iqbal, UK Executive Councilfor Malaysian Students chairman Wan Mohd FirdausWan Mohd Fuaad and MCA Club UK president AlanLing. "

What are you guys' opinions on this? To me... this doesn't really concern medical student like me... cause at the first place... will i get the chance to be a specialist in UK first or not due to the new NHS rules? ;-( Are all the petitions thing going to work?? hmmmmm.... Who cares, graduate first is more important.... Intermediate coming.... *sob sob*