Uganda: Incompetent Health Workers to Be Dismissed - Mallinga

11 October 2007

Incompetent health workers who don't perform to their expectations or abscond from duty leaving patients unattended to, will soon be dismissed, Health Minister, Dr Stephen Mallinga has warned.

"The government will not sit and watch as patients continue to suffer at the expense of lazy health workers because this is totally unacceptable as the government struggles to provide better services" Dr Mallinga said.

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