The study may have been slightly dated, but what it does is highlight a level of mistrust between employers and their workers. This may be symptomatic of a larger system that needs a second look, but we can tackle bigger demons one step at a time.
And one small step is to address the pesky document itself— the Medical Certs. In light of these troubling office dynamics, we began to wonder—is it really that easy to fake your way to get a medical cert in Malaysia? And so we decided to run our own little test. We tried out the different types of sicknesses that could be faked, and the results are as follows. We approached 5 different panel clinics, faking 5 different illnesses to see if they would grant us MCs.
On top of this, we also checked at the counter to see if they would:. None of the clinics we approached were aware of our investigation, and their names have been redacted to protect their identities.
Clinics giving out fake MCs was the hot topic a couple of years ago, not to mention printing shops who are easily able to replicate an MC as long as they have the template and the equipment. But with the anonymity that the internet provides, buying MCs can now be done much more conveniently online. Like a black market business, these movements hide themselves from detection by WhatsApp-only engagements, recommendation-based marketing, and in one instance putting all of their messages including contact details and payment methods in pictures, rendering them unGoogleable.
Recently, real doctors were also implicated in a Penang-based operation that gave out fake MCs to drivers of public vehicles, for prices between RM3 to RM So, this means there are even qualified doctors who are in on perpetuating the con.
No matter your methods, this practice of faking MCs is a legitimate issue that could put a damper on office productivity, as well as destroy the sense of trust between management and workers. While we did go out to get the MCs, we would like to state for the record that the MCs were never handed in to the HR of our organisation, and thus never used to illegally take leaves.
At the end of my eight-minute video call minus the time taken to answer my queries on how the app works , I received the diagnosis, prescription, bill and an MC on my app. But would my boss accept this digital hall pass from work? WhiteCoat is definitely not for emergencies such as chest pains, severe difficulty in breathing, sudden numbness, seizure, fractures or dislocations, persistent bleeding or deep wounds, and severe abdominal pain.
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Photo: Unsplash. Khoo Bee Khim. Bookmark Bookmark Share. On top of this, we also checked at the counter to see if they would:. None of the clinics we approached were aware of our investigation, and their names have been redacted to protect their identities. Clinics giving out fake MCs was the hot topic a couple of years ago, not to mention printing shops who are easily able to replicate an MC as long as they have the template and the equipment.
But with the anonymity that the internet provides, buying MCs can now be done much more conveniently online.
Like a black market business, these movements hide themselves from detection by WhatsApp-only engagements, recommendation-based marketing, and in one instance putting all of their messages including contact details and payment methods in pictures, rendering them unGoogleable. Recently, real doctors were also implicated in a Penang-based operation that gave out fake MCs to drivers of public vehicles, for prices between RM3 to RM So, this means there are even qualified doctors who are in on perpetuating the con.
No matter your methods, this practice of faking MCs is a legitimate issue that could put a damper on office productivity, as well as destroy the sense of trust between management and workers.
While we did go out to get the MCs, we would like to state for the record that the MCs were never handed in to the HR of our organisation, and thus never used to illegally take leaves.
Below, you can see the MCs that we have gotten for the purposes of this investigation, destroyed and never used. We would also like to point out that if you actually gain inspiration from this article and use the methods that we described here, any trouble that you get into, whether legal or with your company, is at your own risk. We did not highlight these methods as a recommendation, merely to point out the gaping flaws in our current system.
The issue of fake medical claims in Malaysia has had a high impact. Companies reported an estimated loss of RM2. If a significant amount of these medical claims are faked, this means that the employers are losing out as their employees abuse the benefits they were given.
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