Dear general public, kindly find attached a copy of our letter on the unconstitutional move by the Ministry of Health to deny our colleagues allowances.
Another day and here we are, still on the issue of undeployed medical interns.We shall not tire until we get justice. If we are not deployed, it means we have to wait 2 or more years before we can practice medicine. This is inhumane and unjust.
We call upon the prime minister @RobinahNabbanja@OPMUganda to come up with a positive feedback in regards to this matter.
#DeployAllMedicalInterns #Deployallprospectiveinterns
@newvisionwire for media
Together with the Federation for Uganda Medical Interns, we are holding a press conference to urge the @MinofHealthUG and the Government of Uganda to address the plight of medical interns, which have significant implications for the public health system. Year after year, trained medical graduates face numerous challenges, ranging from delayed pay to insufficient pay and now to delayed or selective deployment.
According to the Ministry of Health, over 1,500 medical interns have not been deployed, primarily due to insufficient funding. The government allocated 35 billion shillings for allowances for over 1,200 medical interns expected to be deployed by the Ministry of Health in the coming months. However, a budget shortfall of 18.5 billion shillings has hindered the deployment of the remaining interns.
The failure to deploy all qualified medical interns is not only a disservice to them but also poses a significant threat to the health of many Ugandans who rely on their services.
Follow the conversation via #DeployMedicalInterns
#PlightOfMedicalInterns
@TheUMAofficial
โThe pre-medical internship issue has since 2019 been an annual challenge. Five consecutive years of the same makes this a habitual happening. Therein lies a huge problem that the country needs to address in as far as human capital development is concerned and its impact on our human development index score.โ
Seth @Niimwesiga, Programme Officer from CEHURD
โ We at CEHURD want to address ourselves to the consequences of the non-deployment of over 1,500 qualified pre-medical interns. To prevent the recurrence of this habitual occurrence, we demand the following..โ
#DeployMedicalInterns
Even if you were dumb,how would you fail to inquire about the quality of the name tag that is worth 336,000shs?
This is @LIRA_UNIVERSITY , and because I continuously spoke for students who demanded to know, I got dismissed!
#Justice4Kule@egolelawrence@AAgather@ug_lawsociety
Can govt end the cycle of medical internsโ protests? This year, protests erupted once again due to issues with intern deployment. Out of over 2,000 interns, only 1,263 were successfully placed https://t.co/hH0YTKy6yV
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง: Do you believe the Ministry's failure to plan effectively is contributing to the recurring medical intern strikes in the country?
#UBCGMU