Sarawak should get autonomy in deciding healthcare matters, says Senator Lau

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SIBU: Sarawak needs to have autonomy on healthcare if the dilemmas faced by medical officers (MOs) in the state is to be overcome, says Senator Robert Lau Hui Yew.

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Speaking at a press conference on Saturday , Lau said currently not many Sarawak MOs working on a six-month contract were given permanent posts by the Health Ministry.

"Our MOs want to be given permanent posts but they can't have it. So I will push on this issue in the first sitting of the senate," he said. "This is the first time the parents asked for help from the Chief Minister. I am happy that the Chief Minister had on Aug 3, wrote a letter to Datuk Aaron Ago Dagan, the Deputy Health Minister expressing his support that the four MOs be given permanent posts," he said.

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