Medical interns refuse to report for duty until gov’t funds their welfare
Medical interns due to begin their 2026/2027 internship have announced that they will not report to their assigned hospitals until ...
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Ssenyonyi proposes using money saved from public holiday events to pay medical interns, asks Govt to drop plans to suspend their allowances
Leader of the Opposition Joel Ssenyonyi has proposed that money saved from public holiday functions be used to pay medical ...
“You cannot find Shs28 billion for medical interns but you have Shs158 billion for MPs’ cars,” Archbishop Kaziimba tells Government to reconsider suspension of medical interns’ allowances
The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, has challenged the Government to reconsider its decision ...
Doctors reject gov’t plan to scrap medical intern allowances, call it unfair and damaging to hospitals
Uganda’s doctors are pushing back hard against a new government policy on medical interns, saying it was rushed in without ...
Gov’t scraps allowances for medical interns as training becomes part of university degree
Medical interns will stop receiving government allowances starting August, 2026, as a new policy folds internship into the formal university ...
Health Ministry seeks additional Shs18 billion to deploy medical interns
The Ministry of Health needs an additional Shs18 billion to deploy medical interns, according to the Minister of State for ...
Medical interns issue ultimatum over unpaid allowances, threaten strike
The Federation for Uganda Medical Interns (FUMI) has issued an ultimatum to the Ministry of Health, demanding the clearance of ...
Gov’t to deploy 1,901 medical interns, providing monthly payment of Shs1 million
Following months of persistent protests by pre-medical interns demanding immediate government action, the Ministry of Health has obtained clearance for ...
We need Shs80.4 billion to deploy pre-medical interns– Minister Aceng
The Minister for Health, Hon. Jane Ruth Aceng, disclosed that the government requires She80.4 billion to facilitate the deployment of ...
Medical interns to be deployed at their own cost, says Health Ministry
The Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Diana Atwine, has asked pre-intern medical doctors who are willing to bear the ...
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