RuK.Pedro👀 OD @Rukundo31

Uganda is preparing a team that will beat Argentina and Fifa at once.

@dr_evenakato Why test this late, it's all their fault and it's a NO.

@mujuni_emmy You guy!! In 1 year, you have gathered all this experience, 😆

@GovUganda has finally revealed its plan for how medical interns are expected to survive while attending to patients: Meals: "sorted" Accommodation: "sorted" Transport: "sorted" #PayAllMedicalInterns

@DrOribaDan That's a beltless trouser right there😄. Thought they are a recent trend😁. Surely history repeats itself.

A man like Spire 🙏

One liner to drive the point home.

The biggest pain in this whole medical internship Saga is that the oppressors are fellow doctors seated in soft chairs at ministry enjoying AC, fat allowances and this has made them forget that they were once young and dependent on those in their positions. That's the pain and they themselves did go through this...

These are medical interns! No Pay! No Accommodation! 🪦🚫💔 @ntvuganda @nbstv @ubctvuganda @StateHouseUg @faith_nabushawo @DrOtileUg @rkalyes1 @DrOribaDan @RubabindaJr #revisethewholepolicies

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This cartoon by Spire deserves 1000 likes. Let’s all stand together for Medical Interns. 💪

REJECTED! PERIOD!

Joshua 🏆🔥🏉 @TheUnitedFan7

2 months ago

Every day, there's a headline about my course and it involves money. Is this the only way govt can "save up" funds for other sectors? Definitely not! Reinstate the original status of medical interns and students, otherwise the local man pays! #revisetheentiremedicalpolicy

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No medical intern should be expected to work for free.We strongly oppose the removal of internship allowances. @OfficialFUMSA @upsa @ugandadental @TheUMAofficial @CHRISBARYOMUNS1

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This policy there was no medical school consultations,no doctors consultations it was silent and hidden due to corruption @mkainerugaba @RubabindaJr @ETibanyenda

For years, medical interns have protested to increase their monthly allowance from 750,000 UGX. Despite the Head of State’s pledge to fulfill the increment to 2,500,000 UGX, and in the face of a skyrocketing cost of living, the government has found a brilliant solution to the high cost of living; scrapping the allowance entirely instead of raising it. Apparently, when food, rent, and medical care become too expensive, doctors are expected to live on pure patriotism. With this new development, the crisis in our public health centers will only get more dire. Friends, this is no longer just an interns' battle, it is a crisis that affects every single Ugandan. We must all demand a fair treatment for our frontline health workers. #StandWithUgandanInterns #HealthSectorCrisisUG #PayOurDoctors

Dr. Frank Asiimwe: Medical Interns are employees and must be paid to do the work. If you don't pay them, you can't control them and you aren't protecting the patients. #NBSMorningBreeze #NBSUpdates

I worked day yesterday, I'm working night today, I'll still be at my station by 8 am through the day. The cycle continues in 4 days! I am not complaining, those before me have gone through the same. I am simply asking that those after me are equally facilitated! @MinofHealthUG

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Sometimes it feels as though we must have offended God somehow. How else can one explain a government that behaves like a man with many wives, lavishing affection and resources on a few while neglecting the rest? Medical interns are not students; they are doctors in training, and in Uganda, they actually work as doctors NOT in training, treating patients daily and saving lives. Yet, they remain at the bottom of government priorities. How can a nation fail to prioritize those who heal its people, while pouring billions into an oversized Cabinet, an inflated Parliament, and a bloated RDC structure? Because this is not an issue for Ministry Health to sort alone. It must be deliberately managed from @mofpedU by @rggoobi. Some of these doctors pay the ultimate price for their service. The late Dr. Matthew Lukwiya, who died in 2000 after contracting Ebola while treating patients at Lacor Hospital, stands as a symbol of sacrifice and national duty. In 2021, the President directed that medical interns be paid UGX 2.5 million per month, translating to an annual cost of about UGX 67 billion. Yet even that directive was not implemented because interns now receive UGX 1.3 million, costing roughly UGX 40 billion annually. One of the things that frustrates me most is that I could look at any Ministerial Policy Statements and find this money. Seriously, I can. Contrast that with the government’s spending priorities: - RDCs and Assistant RDCs:  UGX 1.2 to 1.3 Trillion annually -Cabinet: UGX 550 billion annually -Parliament: UGX 1.35 trillion annually We have also lost our moral responsibilities. A government that underpays its doctors while rewarding political excess cannot claim to serve its people. Uganda’s budget priorities reveal a system that values political survival over public health, and prestige over productivity. The Commissioner from Ministry of Health even contradicts himself that interns will be treated as students but then in the 6th Year they will require practicing licenses. AND YES ALL OF THIS IS BECAUSE OF CORRUPTION EMBEDDED WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS SYSTEMS AS A WHOLE. @mkainerugaba @TheUMAofficial @KagutaMuseveni.

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Medical interns are doctors under apprenticeship, not free labour. Unpaid internship is not reform. It is exploitation. Pay interns. Protect training. Protect patients. //END//

DEAD ON ARRIVAL EVEN THE MORTUARY WON'T TOUCH THIS POLICY WITH A TEN FOOT STICK. REJECTE AND RETURN TO SENDER @MinofHealthUG WITH CHARGES

Bernard Boonabaana🏹🇺🇬 @bbernard_1

a month ago

Good morning @GiftGrace01 and @KwikirizaNova Kindly note that many interns on X will be without their living allowances in the next year. Their plight matters too. x.com/i/status/20611…

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To every medical student about to enter internship: Your silence is compliance. To every senior doctor who went through internship with an allowance: Your silence is betrayal. To every Senior doctor waiting to supervise hungry interns: Your silence is sadistic. To every Ugandan who has ever received care from an intern: Your silence is ingratitude. This policy requires a collective response. Not a quiet acceptance.