I took this photo at Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital around May last year.
For those who don't know what medical interns actually do, let me share a small story.
One night as a medical student, I decided to spend time in theatre to learn. I was working with an intern doctor who was on call. That night, she had 6 emergency Caesarean sections to perform. I assisted in the first 3 surgeries and by around 3 am I was exhausted. I told her I was going to sleep because I had lectures at 8 am. the next morning. She smiled and told me to go.
The next day, after my lectures, I passed through the postnatal ward and found the same doctor reviewing patients. She had worked through the night, spent hours in theatre, and was still on the wards attending to mothers.
That was the day I truly understood that internship is not just another year of training. It is frontline hospital work.
When people hear "intern," they often imagine someone observing and learning. In reality, many interns are reviewing patients, responding to emergencies, assisting and performing procedures, covering night shifts, and helping keep hospitals running.
As the debate on intern allowances continues, I keep thinking about that night in Kayunga.
If we expect young doctors to carry that level of responsibility and workload, can we honestly say their welfare doesn't matter?
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@JohnPiper The sparrow doesn’t waste energy wondering if it is worthy.
It builds, it sings, it soars.
Don’t think for a second that the pain in life has anything to do with your worth - with how the One who created you sees you.
You matter.
Go sing.
@momnixon@JohnPiper Well considering what Jesus suffered on the cross for you and yes God stood by and watched all that for you, he had you on his mind and yet Jesus is very valuable to his father... Accept the sacrifice God made for you then you will see the world through a new set of lenses 💙
@KellyPearsall3@JohnPiper Who are Gods rejects? When an eagle chooses to believe it's a chicken does it change the fact that it's an eagle?. We all just wait for the day it realises it's true identity. God loves you ,believe you're worth more than many sparrows ♥️
@mrkenallen@JohnPiper We don't know what God knows but even when we lose everything we say God is good because we know he is.A stroke on the canvas doesn't make sense to the watchers but the master artist knows what he's creating but when we see the master piece all we can do is be awed God bless you
@ssebide1@JoelSsenyonyi The bible says we are in the world but not of the world... because the world is evil doesn't mean that we cease to exist 😊 congratulations Joel Us who saw you serve in Watoto church are proud of you may you be God's hands and feet in the 11th parliament
@BillShaw8 To learn from a mistake is to do the right thing.. We don't intentionally make mistakes to learn from them do we though 🤔 otherwise they wouldn't be mistakes anymore...and truth is we all make mistakes 😅