Patients going to receive medical services at Mulago main referral hospital are still stranded as medical interns strike enters day three. Patients say they have waited for medical workers at Mulago in vain. However, authorities at Mulago hospital say the strike by intern doctors had less impact on service delivery at the hospital.
The interns went on strike since Monday 11th May demanding payment of their salary arrears since December 2014. The hospital spokesperson Enock Kusasira told journalists that the hospital has about 800 nurses whom he says are ably administering medical services to the public. He also noted that they are in touch with the line ministry and soon the funds will be available for the medical workers to resume work.
The last strike at the nation’s main hospital was in January 2015 by the interns demanding pay. This was called off after three days under allegations of threat of dismissal and cancellation of training by the hospital administration.