Article 2: On the state of the health sector in Uganda

This was the first idea I had once I realised my application for the volunteer writer position had gone through. This story is close to my heart because I'm one of these people left wondering and scrambling to figure out what next.

It does not come as a surprise as demonstrations among health workers in Uganda are a yearly thing, among interns even more frequently as we fight to be deployed, paid or listened to. Some people don't understand and assume we are taling the same internship they did while in school, university. But that's not the case, we do that "internship" twice at undergraduate, the first in 3rd year and again in 4th year.

The law bound 1 year is a norm all over the world, with some countries having up to 18 months after graduation from the bachelor's degrees. Nowhere in the world are medical interns taken as students but doctors, pharmacists, nurses and midwives practicing under supervision.

Which breaks my heart every time I hear my colleagues plan another unsuccessful demonstration. When shall the leadership we have say it's time to find a permanent solution to this problem?

The link for the full story is here: https://www.truetalknews.org/post/should-joining-the-medical-fraternity-still-be-a-coveted-dream