Surviving Private Practice In Malaysia

Providing a guaranteed income is a common method used by private hospitals to entice doctors to join them. It provides a sense of security to the doctors who are leaving government hospitals to go to  private practice. In this episode I will be talking about my experience with a guaranteed income and what does guaranteed income mean in Private Practice.

There are many private hospitals in Malaysia. Most of them are owned by government linked organizations or by business man. Very few are actually owned by doctors. Today we are fortunate to have Mr. Timothy Chang who works for a private equity firm, TPG capital and they have set up hospitals where doctors become part owners of these hospitals. This is a very interesting concept and we will learn more about this from him.

In this episode I will try to explain what is a difficult patient and how I deal with them.

Taking a consent for surgery in private practice can be tricky. In this episode I will discuss what factors to consider when taking a consent for surgery in private practice.

We only have 168 hours in a week.How we utilize this time will determine how successful we can be in private practice. I will first give you my experience managing my time as an obstetrician and gynaecologist and then give you some advice as to how you could maximize your time to achieve your goals in life.

A junior specialist recently asked me “How do you deal with complications: the shame, the gossip, the emotional discouragement and the potential litigation?” This is a topic that we   doctors often do not talk about because it exposes our weaknesses and makes us vulnerable in the eyes of the public and our colleagues. In this podcast I will be talking about how to cope with all the emotional problems that may occur when a complication occurs during surgery. 

In this interview Dr. Muruga Vadivale will share his experience working for the Pharma Industry for 25 years. He will give advise to doctors thinking of moving to work for Pharmaceutical companies. 

In this interview I will be asking Prof Lokman Saim, Dean of the KPJ Healthcare University College the challenges he faced in starting a Masters Programme in the Private Hospitals in Malaysia as well of the future of such programmes in other private hospitals in Malaysia. 

Most of us working in private practice will know that the whole private practice will not work without medical insurance. Today I am fortunate to speak to Dr. Prema Sundaralingam, a medical doctor who works for the insurance industry. She will not only answer how is it to work for an insurance company but also how the medical insurance industry works and how it supports Private Practice in Malaysia. 

Medical insurance is an important and integral part of private practice in Malaysia. Almost all patients seen in the private sector have medical insurance. In this podcast I will explore the advantages as well as the challenges faced by doctors and the public when the use medical insurance to get treatment in private hospitals