The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has informed parliament that her ministry has no money to deploy over 1900 pre-medical interns. She has clarified to the House that the Shs22.9 billion released by the finance ministry is not for the deployment of pre-medical interns. She, however, says the […]
Speaker of Parliament Ms. Anita Among has directed Prime Minister Robbina Nabbanja to push the relevant government authorities to fast-track and implement its pledge made to settle the persistent cries of the intern doctors in the country. In a very specific directive issued to Ms Nabbanja minutes before a special […]
Over 13000 pre-medical interns have petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking permission to file a representative suit against the Ministry of Health and the Attorney General of Uganda for allegedly refusing to deploy them. The group led by Dr. Judith Nalukwago and 4 others claim they have a similar […]
The shadow minister for health, Dr. Timothy Batuwa, has criticised the Ministry of Health’s proposal to allow pre-medical interns who can afford to facilitate their own internship to apply for deployment. According to the Ministry’s permanent secretary, Dr. Diana Atwine, the decision was reached following proposals by parents to allow […]
The Ministry of Health has advised pre-medical interns who can afford to start internship at their own cost to apply for deployment in training centres of their choice. The ministry’s permanent secretary, Dr. Diana Atwiine has in a statement issued today revealed that they met the pre-medical interns yesterday to […]
