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Undeployed medical interns have petitioned President Museveni, seeking his intervention in resolving the crisis that has left 1,327 medical interns without deployment.

They handed in their petition to President Museveni during the commemoration of the National Youth Day on Monday at Asuret Primary Teachers College in Soroti District.

Mr Joseph Socrates Odongo, a pre-interns coordinator, told the Monitor that while internship is a mandatory part of medical training, it's surprising and unfortunate that out of 2,706 applicants, only 1,263 were deployed, leaving 1,327 medical pre-interns in a hopeless state.

“It is only after internship that we get fully registered and licensed or employed professionally. Although the Ministry of Health recommends a ratio of 1 specialist per 4 interns during training, many sites have a ratio of almost 1 specialist to 1 intern just because government is hesitant to deploy us,” he explained.

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