<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288745816813538486</id><updated>2011-08-22T05:49:48.918-07:00</updated><category term='News'/><category term='Incentive'/><title type='text'>Info and Updates On Health Services in Malaysia</title><subtitle type='html'>Get the latest update on health services in Malaysia</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicm.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2288745816813538486/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicm.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>A Member of Ex-USMCK Group</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12729489455990331699</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/SWNKIer2CpI/AAAAAAAAA8o/DmgTyB7zboQ/S220/n1007332560_1326.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288745816813538486.post-5012718462364689979</id><published>2010-11-24T05:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-24T05:20:06.492-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>More Neurosurgeons</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/TO0Q_RcnpsI/AAAAAAAACQw/avcwZPjg944/s1600/Picture1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 55px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/TO0Q_RcnpsI/AAAAAAAACQw/avcwZPjg944/s400/Picture1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543105395564193474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thestar online (&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/11/23/nation/7477894&amp;amp;sec=nation"&gt;http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/11/23/nation/7477894&amp;amp;sec=nation&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; line-height: 21px; "&gt;There will be at least two neurosurgeons in each state to provide core neurosurgical works when the Government expands resident services in the discipline, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; line-height: 21px; "&gt;Currently, he said, eight states that still did not have resident neurosurgical services were Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Malacca.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; line-height: 21px; "&gt;“We are now training 26 students to become neurosurgeons and once they graduate, we will be able to have at least two neurosurgeons in all these states,” he told reporters after opening the 8th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons and 1st Asian Neurosurgical Nursing Cong ress here yesterday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; line-height: 21px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 12px; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; line-height: 21px; "&gt;Liow said there were currently 74 neurosurgeons in the country with only 45 of them in the public sector.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; line-height: 21px; "&gt;“There is an acute shortage, especially in the east coast, northern region of the peninsula and East Malaysia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; line-height: 21px; "&gt;“However, this is still a vast improvement as in 2004 there were only 36 neurosurgeons in the country,” he said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; line-height: 21px; "&gt;However, he did not reveal the number of neurosurgeons needed based on the country’s population.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; line-height: 21px; "&gt;Liow said a comprehensive local training programme in collaboration with international faculties, which was established in 2001, had increased the number of trained neurosurgeons in the country since 2005.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; line-height: 21px; "&gt;He said the ministry also hoped to strengthen its six regional centres at Johor Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Sungai Buloh, Penang, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu with at least four neurosurgeons each to provide more advanced sub-speciality neurosurgical works.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial; line-height: 21px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2288745816813538486-5012718462364689979?l=medicm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicm.blogspot.com/feeds/5012718462364689979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2288745816813538486&amp;postID=5012718462364689979' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2288745816813538486/posts/default/5012718462364689979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2288745816813538486/posts/default/5012718462364689979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicm.blogspot.com/2010/11/more-neurosurgeons.html' title='More Neurosurgeons'/><author><name>A Member of Ex-USMCK Group</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12729489455990331699</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/SWNKIer2CpI/AAAAAAAAA8o/DmgTyB7zboQ/S220/n1007332560_1326.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/TO0Q_RcnpsI/AAAAAAAACQw/avcwZPjg944/s72-c/Picture1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288745816813538486.post-3946650083118916798</id><published>2009-02-02T23:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T00:11:04.998-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Incentive'/><title type='text'>Incentive For Using Multimedia Phone</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/SkHPbi6yIJI/AAAAAAAABJ8/GOYk_oPNMsQ/s1600-h/phone+claim.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 149px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/SkHPbi6yIJI/AAAAAAAABJ8/GOYk_oPNMsQ/s400/phone+claim.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350785904429637778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/SkHPbQwdytI/AAAAAAAABJ0/HPc1HOoLkt0/s1600-h/monthly.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 149px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/SkHPbQwdytI/AAAAAAAABJ0/HPc1HOoLkt0/s400/monthly.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350785899554523858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Starting from 1 February 2009, all government servants within the groups classified above are entitled to claim one time payment every 2 years for a multimedia phone and its accessories and the monthly bill too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Download : http://www.scribd.com/doc/16734939/PEKELILING-PERBENDAHARAAN-BIL-4-TAHUN-2009&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2288745816813538486-3946650083118916798?l=medicm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicm.blogspot.com/feeds/3946650083118916798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2288745816813538486&amp;postID=3946650083118916798' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2288745816813538486/posts/default/3946650083118916798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2288745816813538486/posts/default/3946650083118916798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicm.blogspot.com/2009/02/incentive-for-using-multimedia-phone.html' title='Incentive For Using Multimedia Phone'/><author><name>A Member of Ex-USMCK Group</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12729489455990331699</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/SWNKIer2CpI/AAAAAAAAA8o/DmgTyB7zboQ/S220/n1007332560_1326.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/SkHPbi6yIJI/AAAAAAAABJ8/GOYk_oPNMsQ/s72-c/phone+claim.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288745816813538486.post-5103193687328073598</id><published>2008-02-06T08:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-06T09:17:08.408-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Scheme For Medical Doctors</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PEKELILING PERKHIDMATAN BILANGAN 21 TAHUN 2007 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PERUBAHAN SKIM PERKHIDMATAN PEGAWAI PERUBATAN &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Perubahan kod gaji U ke kod gaji UD bagi skim perkhidmatan Pegawai Perubatan Gred U41, U43/U44, U47/U48, U51/U52, U53/U54 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tarikh kuat kuasa skim perkhidmatan Pegawai Perubatan Gred UD41, UD43/UD44, UD47/UD48, UD51/UD52, UD53/UD54 yang baru ini ialah mulai 1 Januari 2008. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/R6nrg65vLsI/AAAAAAAAAEc/1JgT2jPoWkk/s1600-h/scheme.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163917398556749506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/R6nrg65vLsI/AAAAAAAAAEc/1JgT2jPoWkk/s400/scheme.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2288745816813538486-5103193687328073598?l=medicm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicm.blogspot.com/feeds/5103193687328073598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2288745816813538486&amp;postID=5103193687328073598' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2288745816813538486/posts/default/5103193687328073598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2288745816813538486/posts/default/5103193687328073598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicm.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-scheme-for-medical-doctors.html' title='New Scheme For Medical Doctors'/><author><name>A Member of Ex-USMCK Group</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12729489455990331699</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/SWNKIer2CpI/AAAAAAAAA8o/DmgTyB7zboQ/S220/n1007332560_1326.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/R6nrg65vLsI/AAAAAAAAAEc/1JgT2jPoWkk/s72-c/scheme.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288745816813538486.post-7876837448397895021</id><published>2008-02-01T01:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-01T01:50:11.972-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Housing Allowances</title><content type='html'>SURAT PEKELILING PERKHIDMATAN BILANGAN 16 TAHUN 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PINDAAN KADAR IMBUHAN TETAP PERUMAHAN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/R6Lq0a5vLSI/AAAAAAAAABI/F0Hz-D4-JgA/s1600-h/allowance.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161946309215595810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/R6Lq0a5vLSI/AAAAAAAAABI/F0Hz-D4-JgA/s320/allowance.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surat Pekeliling Perkhidmatan ini berkuat kuasa mulai 1 Januari 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ref: &lt;a href="http://www.jpa.gov.my/pekeliling2/spp07/bil16/spp1607.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;http://www.jpa.gov.my/pekeliling2/spp07/bil16/spp1607.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2288745816813538486-7876837448397895021?l=medicm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicm.blogspot.com/feeds/7876837448397895021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2288745816813538486&amp;postID=7876837448397895021' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2288745816813538486/posts/default/7876837448397895021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2288745816813538486/posts/default/7876837448397895021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicm.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-housing-allowances.html' title='New Housing Allowances'/><author><name>A Member of Ex-USMCK Group</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12729489455990331699</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/SWNKIer2CpI/AAAAAAAAA8o/DmgTyB7zboQ/S220/n1007332560_1326.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/R6Lq0a5vLSI/AAAAAAAAABI/F0Hz-D4-JgA/s72-c/allowance.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288745816813538486.post-9077879750294500809</id><published>2008-02-01T01:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-01T01:49:53.105-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Critical Allowances For Doctors</title><content type='html'>SURAT PEKELILING PERKHIDMATAN BILANGAN 17 TAHUN 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BAYARAN INSENTIF PERKHIDMATAN KRITIKAL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5% daripada gaji pokok sebulan untuk Kumpulan Pengurusan dan Profesional kecuali bagi Pegawai Perubatan, Pegawai Pergigian, Pegawai Farmasi, Pensyarah Perubatan, Pensyarah Pergigian, Pensyarah Universiti (farmasi) dan Pensyarah UiTM (farmasi) adalah RM750 sebulan tanpa mengikut gred&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tarikh kuat kuasa surat pekeliling perkhidmatan ini ialah mulai 1 Januari 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ref: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jpa.gov.my/pekeliling2/spp07/bil17/spp1707.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;http://www.jpa.gov.my/pekeliling2/spp07/bil17/spp1707.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2288745816813538486-9077879750294500809?l=medicm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicm.blogspot.com/feeds/9077879750294500809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2288745816813538486&amp;postID=9077879750294500809' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2288745816813538486/posts/default/9077879750294500809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2288745816813538486/posts/default/9077879750294500809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicm.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-critical-allowances-for-doctors.html' title='New Critical Allowances For Doctors'/><author><name>A Member of Ex-USMCK Group</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12729489455990331699</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QQ91xHfdS8E/SWNKIer2CpI/AAAAAAAAA8o/DmgTyB7zboQ/S220/n1007332560_1326.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
