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                                <title><![CDATA[ Contract doctors slam health ministry over delay in permanent postings ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 04:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The placement exercise has been postponed for a second time, disrupting the lives of more than 2,000 medical officers. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ More meetings to come between health ministry, contract doctors, says hartal movement ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 00:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Hartal Doktor Kontrak also asks to be made the 'middle point' between the ministry and government contract doctors. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ No surprise strikes please, health minister says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Dr Zaliha Mustafa says health workers should meet her face-to-face instead. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ A year after hartal, contract doctors still searching for hope ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nur Hasliza Mohd Salleh ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2022 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ While some improvements have been made, they say this is still far short of their requests. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ No disciplinary action against contract doctors involved in strike, says health minister ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 12:25:43 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Dr Adham Baba says they have the right to voice their views. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ In Sarawak, business as usual during ‘hartal’ hour ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:39:46 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A contract doctor at Sarawak General Hospital says she was busy taking care of her patients at the time of the strike. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Contract doctors never complained during my time, says Dr M ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2021 08:49:12 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The former prime minister says it only recently became an issue. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ More than 50 contract doctors walk out of Sungai Buloh Hospital ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2021 04:24:54 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ They assure that none of their patients has been compromised. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Remember our oath, Noor Hisham appeals to contract doctors planning to strike ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2021 14:44:12 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ He says many lives are on the line, and that the demonstration could affect patients as well as the doctors' careers. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Walkout to continue as planned, say contract doctors ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2021 07:50:10 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Hartal Doktor Kontrak group says the extension of contract offered by the government does not meet their demands. ]]></description>
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