BY MUZAFALUH KABUULWA
Medical interned led by former President of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) Dr. Ekwaru Obuku accompanied them as they lodged in a petition through the speaker Hon. Anita Among demanding deployment.
The Speaker said that the country can not promote scientists as they are seated home and she also alluded to have encountered various pre-medical interns, one of which had spent three years without deployment. She then urged the Ministry of health and Ministry of finance and planning to forge away out of this as early as possible.
Last month ago, medical interns stormed parliament but they were arrested by the police and put into police custody but speaker Among ordered for their release and met the leadership as she promised to handle their matter.
In the last budget reading, the issue of medical interns’ pay was allocated a budget amidst skepticism on whether it will be a priority when the releasing of the money begins.
“The pain you’re causing the young generation is impeccable. The strategies of promoting sciences in the aim of promoting the health sector is crumbling if @GovUganda isn’t deploying medical interns. The pain patients are going through because they are not attended to is much.” Isingoma Wilbert a pharmacist asserts.
Interns play a vital role in providing care and the government and the interns need to find a way to resolve their differences and ensure that patients continue to receive the care they need.