DP-Doctor's strike is a sign of poor planning
The Democratic Party has blamed the doctor’s
strike on government’s poor planning.
The opposition party’s Vice President Fred
Mukasa Mbidde says the government only
increases salaries of public servants who have
gone on strike instead of initiating periodic
salary increments across the board.
He adds that the strike signals a serious
national crisis which government must address
urgently to enable the doctors return to work.
Doctors under the Uganda Medical Association
yesterday resolved to lay down their tools over
poor pay and poor working conditions.
Among their demands is that government
reviews their salaries so that an intern doctor
earns Shs8.5m as opposed to the current Shs
960,000.
They also propose that a senior consultant
doctor becomes the highest paid health
worker with a gross salary of Shs48m plus
allowances.
By. Nyango yasin
senior.sin391@gmail.com
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