Number of housemen plummets by half since 2019
PETALING JAYA: Following a drop in medical graduates, the number of housemen at the Health Ministry has dwindled by 50% since 2019. The decline has also caused a maldistribution of housemen in various government hospitals that offer housemanship. According to data from the ministry’s Human Resources Division sighted by The Star, there were 6,134 housemen in 2019,...