Uganda: Mulago Can Do Without Interns - Health Ministry

9 February 2016

Kampala — The government has not paid stipend to intern doctors for more than three months, a delay the parent Health ministry acknowledged and attributed to late funds' disbursement by the Ministry of Finance.

The ministry's Permanent Secretary, Dr Asuman Lukwago, said the delay is a general problem that also applies to interns in other upcountry government hospitals.

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