Plan underway for contract doctors union by year-end

Annabelle LeePublished: Oct 8, 2021 8:02 AM | Updated: Oct 15, 2021 1:36 PM

Efforts are underway to establish a contract doctors union by the end of the year.

Heading the initiative is the team behind the Hartal Doktor Kontrak (HDK) movement that organised mass walkouts back in July.

Speaking to Malaysiakini, HDK representative Dr Mustapha Kamal said the goal is to give contract doctors a stronger voice in demanding...

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