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Medical interns have announced a sit-down strike that kicks off today contrary to their previous announcement that it would start on Sunday 6th. The announcement of the strike came on Thursday last week. The interns were asking the government to increase their salaries amongst other issues. The medical interns including doctors, pharmacists, nurses and intern midwives claim they have gone ...

News coming from Jinja apparently indicates that the hospital staff has gone on a sitdown strike. The reason behind the strike is apparently their unhappiness with the hospital director’s continued stay in office despite her retirement. Dr. Florence Tugumisirize, the hospital director already retired in December 2021. Consequently, the hospital staff expected her to vacate the hospital administration then but ...

Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) intern medics have threatened not to join any government health facility for internships. They said this will go on until when their salaries have been enhanced. The communication came through a press statement released by pre-medical intern leaders Dr. Arineitwe Innocent and Nabidda Shamim. ‘’Following the presidential directive on August 9th, 2021 to ...

On Wednesday, November 17, doctors under the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) and UMA Council of Elders held a meeting with President Museveni. The meeting aimed at resolving the impasse after the doctors announced the strike a week ago. According to sources, the president agreed to the UMA’s call for immediate salary increment and allowance during the meeting. Apparently, he also ...