Labuan- the 'Forgotten' FT

Once again, I am here to cover the hospital for a few days. We try to come here once a month from Sabah but we don’t have many specialists to juggle around with nowadays. I think Labuan, being part of the Federal Territory should be frequently visited by the so called many ‘I never come out from KL’ specialists from Semenanjung (i.e. KL).

The last O&G they had left the hospital about 2 years ago. At least he stayed for more than 3 years. Unfortunately, I think, his efforts and sacrifices were not appreciated by the people ‘above’. I must say it is not easy for anyone to leave one families in Semenanjung just to work in the ‘district’. If I ‘m not mistaken, early this year, one guy did come (or his UD52) to Labuan but I was told he reported and a day later went back to Semenanjung.

We produce between 10 to 30 O&G specialists yearly but how many are sent to serve the ‘district’? By the way, can we call Labuan (the often forgotten 2^nd Federal Territory as ‘district’ – yes my friend, it came before Putra Jaya). I think the government should make it compulsory for them to come here. Of course they will threaten to resign immediately, so what? Some of their seniors did sacrifice for the good of the country, why can’t they. Why can’t you guys come here and serve for 2 years (the most), then after you buy your low taxed Beemer or Merc, you can always go back. The MOs turnover is also quite fast here. By the way, they only have 9 MOs now. Someone should train and guide them properly.