BMA Roadshow

The Brunei Medical Association (BMA) aims to represent the voices of the Doctors working in Brunei Darussalam and will strive to unite all the doctors from various specialties including the Dentist. One of it's first main priority is help improve the welfare and wellbeing of the doctors here by addressing certain issues at heart, one of which is the On Call Allowances that has been in air for sometime. This was echoed by the interim President Dr Hjh Susalnoor when briefing the doctors at the BMA roadshow held at RIPAS Hospital recently.

Dr Hjh Susalnoor

The talk was also attended by Dato Paduka Dr Hj Abd Latif (Special Duties Officer at the Ministers office), Datin Paduka Lim Meng Keang (Specialist Paediatrician), various heads of department from RIPAS Hospital, Dentists and trainee doctors.

Some of the doctors attending the talk

The first step after recruiting new members would be to hold an election and elect the 8 members of the Executive Committee which includes the President and Vice-President. These committee will bear the tough responsibility to unite it's members and address the issues concerning them. Only members are allowed to nominate and vote who will sit at the executive committee. These include all GPs (government & private), Dentists, public health and hospital doctors. Doctors holding administrative role (HOD and above, including DG) will not be eligible to be nominated according to the current BMA constitution. Every members will be updated via e-mail regarding the nomination and the date of election which would be in the next couple of months.

If you are interested to become a member a copy of the registration form can be e-mailed to you.

p.s. Special Thanks to Tracey of GSK for sponsoring food that afternoon, but next time it would help to deliver the food at the right location... like RIPAS and not JPMC! Yep a few stomachs were growling towards the end... :-)