By Editorial
Police in Kampala have been in running battles with pre-medical interns who have been protesting at Parliament over the Ministry of Health’s failure to deploy them to government hospitals.
The group of interns had gone to Parliament to meet the Speaker of Parliament over their delayed deployment to their training facilities.
Police dispersed and violently arrested about a dozen of these interns as they sought intervention in multiple issues regarding their welfare.
The demonstration of the medical interns came amidst the ongoing social media campaign dubbed Uganda Health Exhibition.
The campaign which has been running for some days is aimed at projecting critical issues in Uganda’s health sector.
Recently police intercepted these interns in Wandegeya as they made their way to Parliament to deliver a petition to the Speaker about the same plight, which also included their general welfare, arising from shortage of funds due to budget cuts.
The new interns were supposed to be deployed at the over thirty internship sites by April 1st 2023 according to a circular by Dr. Henry Mwebesa, the Director General of Health Services. END.