The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Ministry of Health to handle the difficulty of intern medical doctors and current an announcement to Parliament, on interventions undertaken.
The Deputy Speaker who chaired the House on Thursday, 01 August 2024 stated the interns can’t be deployed in hospitals till they’ve accomplished their coaching.
“You are telling these interns that you’re giving them one other yr at house with out something but they’ve accomplished their half by ending their research. They can’t observe till they do internship however they don’t seem to be being taken on. Remember they misplaced numerous time throughout COVID,” stated Tayebwa.
Tayebwa stated that he obtained complaints from the interns by way of social media searching for for an answer to their considerations. “This is a thorn for us and it has been taking place yr after yr. We have very {many professional} our bodies, how come it is just medical interns who normally have such points?” Tayebwa famous.
He noticed that considerations of funding and services to help the medical interns must be urgently addressed, to make sure they’re successfully deployed.
In his assertion in response to the President’s State of the Nation Address, the Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Joel Ssenyonyi additionally urged authorities to prioritise the deployment of medical interns.
“Interns have been protesting the opposite day saying they’ve studied for 5 years however have did not get deployment in order that they will work. Is the federal government listening?” Ssenyonyi stated.
He additionally known as on authorities to extend funding for medical training by way of scholarships and incentives for college kids to check drugs and nursing, in a bid to handle the scarcity of healthcare staff.
“Policies ought to give attention to coaching, recruiting and retaining well being care professionals. Accordingly, authorities ought to present aggressive salaries and advantages to draw and retain expert healthcare staff in rural areas,” Ssenyonyi added.
Earlier this week, Dr. Henry Mwebesa, the Commissioner for Health Services on the Ministry of Health introduced that the Uganda Medical Internship Committee had concluded internship placements for the following one yr.
According to Mwebesa, the medical internship placements scheduled to happen from 05 August 2024 to 31 July 2025 will cowl graduates who accomplished their programs in 2023 and earlier than.
