Another broken promise by the ‘great’ Samy

Source : color-blind.org

I received numerous SMS today from a doctor victimised by the Malaysian Government way of doing things.

It’s about Malaysian doctors not being recognised by our own government.


We all know that there has been acute shortage of seats in medical faculties of local universities all these years. The Indian students in particular were given hardly any seats in Universiti Malaya, for instance.

Many parents have no choice but to save up hard-earned money so that they could send their kids to universities overseas to study medicine.

They do so because they were told on several occasions that the Malaysian Government was willing to recognise their qualifications al long as they are willing to undergo certain training or sit for certain exams when they were back from overseas.

Many of them have since returned and yet to find any jobs until today.

Why? Because the Government did not keep its promise. They do nothing to try to give these doctors any recognition, at a time when the entire nation is still in acute shortage of doctors. You may think this is ridiculous but people like Dr Raj continues to suffer for years without a job.

The recent Hindraf movement gaives them a fresh hope. Because the great Samy Vellu said that he and his party are willing to help. Even the prime minister has said that he would help the Indian community. And to grant recognition to these jobless doctors seems like an easy job.

So a group of these young Malaysian Indian doctors went to see Samy. He said he will help. He will bring the matter to the Cabinet ‘one day’. But this one day, as usual, seems very, very long. So many weeks have passed and no news from the minister.

But there’s a Cabinet meeting every Wednesday. Has Samy forgotten about the whole thing?

And the General election is drawing near. If you cannot get Samy to do something now, it will be as good as ‘gone case’. He and his BN govt will certainly do nothing for these unrecognised doctors after they have won big in the coming GE.

But which minister would have the time to look into their problems when they are busy gearing up for their own battles?

Looks like the poor doctors have missed a golden opportunity for having trusted Samy the Great. Instead of seeing Samy, they should have brought the matter to the attention of the public. But time is not on their side now.

Something must be done to recognised these oversea-trained doctors. We need the service of these doctors and these doctors need a job. It’s a win-win if you ask me.

If Samy and PM Abdullah cannot even lift a finger for these young Malaysian Indian doctors before the elections, do you really think they can help the Malaysian Indian community after the elections?

Fat hope!

YennaMike Says : This has been going on for quite sometime, in some cases where Malaysian Indians / Chinese concentrated Universities, they are de-recognised by our Government. This has happened to many students studying in Russia and I remember how my application to Medan University was rejected when JPA decided to take over and start implementing their usual quota system...many Malaysians future was destroyed by this selfish act.