Uganda: Mulago Interns 'Paid'

Intern doctors at Mulago hospital remained on strike yesterday, as their action over unpaid wages entered the fourth day.

The ministry of Health says the interns have been paid, but when The Observer visited yesterday midmorning, the interns had not returned to the wards. Some patients complained about a deterioration in services. Contacted for a comment in the afternoon, the hospital's spokesman, Enock Kusasira, said everything had been resolved and the strike called off.

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