Before we went on strike, I’d worked 6 months without pay. Many a day of which, I worked past 48 hour non stop shifts.
We were told no striking intern would be signed off for completion. We returned and most completed without being paid.
I was the single intern for the surgical unit, so I covered surgical procedures both day and night cases, the accident and emergency unit as well as review clinics.
I saw my supervisor once in the three months I was posted to surgical services.
There was no senior doctor.
Deciding not pay interns , means upcountry and referral hospitals are at risk of not being professionally covered .
Please pay Medical Interns .
President: " Sciences are so important, i cant stress this enough!"
Ugandan Government: " paying medical doc interns is unrealistic"
Politicians: " i'll fly to Germany for treatment then return to Uganda & build a church to thank God"
Fine. If an intern is a student, let's honour that fully. Student hours. Monday to Friday, 8AM to 5PM.
No weekends. No night calls. Public holidays off.
And since students choose their institution, each intern studies from the hospital of their choice.
Why deploy someone to Mbale when their family home is in Busheyi and can easily walk to Ishaka.
A student selects where they learn.
That is how education works.
No more emergency calls at 2AM.
No more covering wards alone on Sunday. No more C-sections at midnight.
After all, a student cannot be held professionally liable.
A student cannot be the last line of defence in a labour ward.
A student cannot be the reason a mother survives the night.
But the moment you strip the allowance, that is exactly what they become. A student.
So let us be consistent.
Either they are students, and we treat them accordingly.
Or they are doctors, and we pay them accordingly.
You do not get to call them students at the payroll office and doctors at the emergency ward.
Pick one.
@Real1_balogun That Senegal 🇸🇳 2002 World Cup performance fed generations . Most of their star players got transfers to big European clubs after that summer .
Justine Nameere remanded over sh55m debt
“You are hereby commanded and required to take and receive Nameere into the civil prison and keep her imprisoned for a period of six months or until she pays the debt,” Nabakooza ordered...https://t.co/IgcDoiujV7 #VisionUpdates
Some of the offenses that were committed here, and for which Frank Gashumba should be held to account:
1. Terrorism & Instigation
2. Treason
3. Promoting War & Illegal Drilling
4. Threatening Violence
I was a classmate of @SueNsibirwa at Mass Communication Makerere for 5 years she was a born again Christian and very disciplined. She even did not have a boy friend until the end of our course. Let's disagree on politics and other issues but avoid insults that damage hard earned reputations. @rkabushenga
The Children of Justine Nameere and her husband Raymond Kagimba Mugimba may have to live without them for some time after the couple was sent to prison. #VisionUpdates 👉 https://t.co/QGiqRlFxTY