overseas vs malaysia

someone said,

"personally, i would advice all of u to go back and work for the country..."

this is one of the status in FB that attracted me to give my comment, wrote by one of malaysian medical student in Ireland. actually, she is my old friend from secondary school. it was a statement came from one of the medical consultant from HUKM during their visit to Ireland and my friend was there.

personally...i have my own view.

for me, they should come back to malaysia. just imagine, our parents worked days and nights to support their study in oversea. by time, after they got their scroll, they should come back and work for malaysians. that is how they should do to repay all the money that malaysians showered to them during their 5-6 years in oversea. that's a lot dude. they even can travel to many places during the summer holiday. but, some of them....seem to be not so clear about this. just because overseas offer a lot of money, they go blind, and work for them. don't blame me about being straight about this. i spend 5 years in medical school in malaysia, and i know how heavy each doctor's workload because of not enough doctors in hospital. and we, as malaysian doctors....should do something about that. be responsible and do our best to work for our own race and nation.

yes, i am patriotic kind of person. so what?

one other thing that i wanna stress here is about contract. a lot of my friend being fussy about that. some of them think that 10 years contract is a long period of time being attached with the government. if you think that u cant do it or u wanna go to private practice earlier, and get a lot of money, why u sign that damn contract at the first place?

this is some of the comments came from one the doctor (a consultant respiratory physician in Queen Elizabeth hospital) about that statement. someone who is very senior in his field. and i am totally agree about that.

"Ada setengah orang dah habis belajar sampai jadi pakar tapi tak mau balek kununnya gaji banyak kat overseas dan glamour. Sorrylah. We welcome you back if you want to help the rakyat, but if you prefer to stay on, good luck dan bantulah orang lain if that's your wish."

"When I first arrived in Dublin in 1983 as a young student, I was told by a JPA officer "You datang ke Dublin untuk cari ilmu nak tolong rakyat bila dah berjaya, jadi baleklah bila dah berjaya. Rakyat tak halalkan wang yang dibelanjakan untuk kursus you kalau you tak mahu balek". Standards of medical care in Malaysia are excellent we can even do heart-lung transplant tak payah nak hantar ke overseas. Some overseas doctors even come to Malaysia for training. Tepuk dada tanya selera."

":) sapa2 yg nak syok on cloud 9 dengan mat salleh, biarkan saja."

well, the last sentence is a bit pedas la. but that's the truth. if i am a bussineswoman...i wont invest in the business with no profit. if i am the one that pay the tax every year, and part of the tax goes to the medical student that dont even have a thought to come back and work for malaysians....what a waste. and i have right to refuse since i gain nothing from that. so think...

p/s: i'm not adressing 'them' as all malaysian medical students outside of malaysia. just a little of them. very little. my point is so simple. siapa makan lada, dia terasa pedas ye. siapa makan gula, dia terasa manisnya.