By Medical interns under their umbrella body “The Federation of Uganda Medical Interns (FUMI) have vowed to continue to proceed with their strike until their issues are worked on.
These lashed at medical directors, and superintendents among others at various hospitals over continuous intimidation of medical interns to sack them noting what they are doing is unconstitutional.
Today marks the 7th day of intern medics expressing dissatisfaction over the government’s failure to reinstate the presidential directive made in 2021.
The presidential directive guided that, senior doctors, be given 2.5 million which is half of the sh5 million a medical officer earns, Graduate nurses, midwives, and pharmacists would earn half of the recommended pay of the respective officers.
Speaking to the media at Mulago Hospital, the treasurer general of FUMI Dr. Oscar Melvin noted that in August of 2021, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni issued a directive for all intern doctors to commence earning half pay of what their seniors get.
According to Oscar, currently, they earn Ugx1m monthly which he says is like a drop in an ocean, but if the presidential directive is reinstated, they will be earning Ugx2.5m.
Meanwhile, the secretary general of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) Dr. Joel Mirembe has lashed at medical directors, and superintendents among others at various hospitals over continuous intimidation of medical interns to sack them saying what they are doing is unconstitutional.
He says intimidation is not the right measure to solve the existing problem thus appealing to the government, line ministries, agencies, and departments among others to expeditiously intervene to calm down the situation amicably.
