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The president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda (PSU) has dismissed the notice where the society’s secretary asked undeployed intern pharmacists to apply for private internship placement.

Dr Pamela Achii, the PSU president, told this publication yesterday that the notice was issued by “an individual and is not the position of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda” as portrayed in the notice.

“Deployment of medical interns is supposed to be done by the Ministry of Health. If we start deploying interns [as PSU Council] it can be a mess, cause exploitation, and also, it is the internship committee [at the Ministry of Health] that issues the internship completion letter and this means they have to be involved in the deployment process,” she said.

PSU, established by the Pharmacy and Drugs Act of 1970 and Cap 280 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, is governed by the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda, which consists of 12 members.

Dr Stephen Lutoti, the PSU secretary (also the secretary to the council), told this publication that the notice was an operational matter following the information from the government that there is no money to deploy the remaining medical interns.

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