Disclaimer: If you’re not strong-hearted, don’t look. 😔
But look at the massive Human Resource gap in the health sector 👉 over 84,000 unfilled positions!
Yet they want interns who are actually helping to cushion this crisis to work without pay.
This is why we are very united against this this flawed policy 📌
We work like doctors, we are treated like students. We are not paid . This must end
Hospitals run on our sweat , nights and sacrifice.
This is not training anymore, this is exploitation
Medical Interns deserve pay .We demand fairness
#PayAllMedicalInterns
🚨 Sandro Tonali on speculation linking him with both Manchester clubs:
🗣️ Reporter: There’s been a lot of talk about interest from Manchester United and Manchester City. What are your thoughts?
🗣️ Sandro Tonali:
“Both are fantastic clubs and I respect them greatly. But I’ve always enjoyed playing in front of passionate fans who create an incredible atmosphere. The energy, expectation, and intensity are things that motivate me.
Every club is different, but if I had to choose, Manchester United would be a dream move.”
“Wrong move not to pay intern doctors at a time we have Ebola.” - Dr. Ekwaro Obuku
We must remember the sacrifice of Dr. Muhammad Ali, a KIU MMed Surgery Resident who lost his life during the September 2022 Ebola outbreak
His story reminds us that residency & medical internship in medicine is not classroom theory. It is life-and-death work. It is frontline service. It is exposure to infectious diseases, emergency care, trauma, and immense responsibility.
If doctors in training are trusted to care for Ebola patients, respond to emergencies, and carry the burden of patient care, then they deserve recognition, protection, and support.
Photo credit: AI
#PayAllMedicalInterns
Explainer: Doctor to Patient ratio in Uganda is 1:25,000, way below WHO recommendation of 1:1000. This is one doctor attending to more than half of the entire sitting capacity of Namboole stadium. Government’s new Medical Internship policy could make this worse, here’s how 👇🏾
“It should be noted that in 1995 the Hon.@CHRISBARYOMUNS1 led a strike for medical interns that lead to increase of the pay of medical interns from 90,000 UgX to 180,000 UgX.” Dr.Asiimwe R Frank.
Now he is the minister of health and defending the position of government not to pay medical interns
Thank you @GovUganda@GCICUganda@StateHouseUg@KagutaMuseveni
1. MODERN DAY SLAVERY 3,000 MEDICAL DOCTORS (NEWLY GRADUATED)
2. HOW SECURING UGANDA'S YOUTHFUL FUTURE HAS FORGOTTEN 3,000 YOUTHFUL NEW DOCTORS
3. ONLY 36 BILLION NEEDED 4RM 80 TRILLION!
4. SCRAP DONATIONS BUDGET!
To the people of Uganda,
Medical interns are the backbone of our hospitals, working long hours to care for patients and save lives. Yet many continue to serve without receiving the support and timely payments they deserve.
We ask for your voice, your solidarity, and your support in calling for justice for medical interns.
When interns are supported, patients receive better care and our healthcare system becomes stronger.
#PayAllMedicalInterns
#SaveLives
Intern doctors aren't students observing from the sidelines; they are licenced graduates delivering essential health care services while competing a mandatory supervised practice year.
Recognizing this distinction is important when discussing renumeration
#PayAllMedicalInterns
A healthcare system that cannot support its interns is preparing a crisis for its future workforce.
Investing in interns is investing in better healthcare outcomes for everyone.
#PayAllMedicalInterns
The Ministry claims that the new policy was introduced because many graduates complete medical school but later fail internship.
The truth: According to the Commissioner's report, only 8 interns have failed internship in the last four years.
Internship failure rates can hardly be used as justification for a policy that affects thousands of medical graduates.
We are poor country that can't afford to pay a whole 2000 interns the very huge sum of $3200 per year (each).
We are also a poor country that has enough money to spend on all sorts of useless things.
We are also a poor country in common sense
#PayAllInterns#PayMedicalInterns
#InternsNotSlaves