20% Of Mudland Doctor Trainees Drop Out Because They Are Soft And Lazy!

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I am grateful that when Ah Gong was still around, he was always very particular in making sure that the spurs are stuck into the sides of the sinkie workers. If not, we would as lazy as a mudland worker and others would be stealing our lunch. You want your sons and daughters to have to find jobs overseas as maids and construction workers?

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1 in 5 doctor trainees dropped out of medical training in Malaysia every year. The dropout rate is considered alarming considering the cost of medical studies. The cost of studying medicine in Malaysia totals up to S$186,000.

The Star reported that Deputy Health director-general Datuk S. Jeyaindran revealed that 1,000 of the 5,000 housemen (doctor trainees) hired each year drop out of their two year training stint, and the number of dropout is increasing each year.

Among the reasons for dropping out are unsuitability for the medical profession, pressure from parents into studying medicine and the long working hours. One such dropout, Dr MH, 32, decided to leave the training after 14 months because of the stressful working hours and lack of work life balance. In a interview with The Star, she said, "I was on call every other day and I realized that even after becoming a medical officer or specialist, the schedule would still be heavy. I didn't want that kind of lifestyle." She is currently working as a medical adviser in a pharmaceutical company.

Other dropouts work in a variety of non-medical careers like waiters, food market stall owners and even as an air stewardess.

To the criticism of long working hours, the Deputy Health director-general Dr Jayaindran was quoted by the Star as saying that a houseman's workload in Malaysia is lighter than other countries, where one will only take charge of 4 to 6 patients in a ward and work about 65 to 72 hours a week in Malaysia, as compared to 8 to 12 patients in a ward working 80 hours a week in Singapore, Australia or United States.

While some Malaysians are willing to drop out and pursue different careers to enjoy work-life balance, in Singapore, many workers simply don't have a choice.

Long working hours and the lack of work-life balance is common across all professions in Singapore. Although the Ministry of Manpower legislated that overtime wages must be paid for working hours past 44 a week and that nobody should work more than 12 hours a day, the officials do not actively enforce these regulations unless there is a complaint.

Many international surveys and reports have placed Singapore very unfavorably in the aspect of working hours and work-life balance every year [Source].

The last time PM Lee commented on the issue of work-life balance, he said this:

"If you look at other countries: Vietnam, China, even in India, they're not talking about work-life balance; they are hungry, anxious, about to steal your lunch. So I think I'd better guard my lunch."

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