{UAH} Dr. YOSWA 215 Uganda medical specialists - for Trinidad!?!
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs early this year said the government of Trinidad and Tobago had requested Uganda to supply medical professionals to supplement its health sector.
The ministry says the move would also "accelerate existing bilateral relations between the two countries."
The ministry in July produced a shortlist of 215 specialists that are set to be interviewed and sent out. A closer analysis shows majority of the doctors are from government hospitals and health centres; 93 from Mulago (??????)and only a handful from private practice.
The Health minister in charge of General Duties, Dr Elioda Tumwesigye, told Daily Monitor that the matter is being addressed.
On the US ambassador's concern, Dr Tumwesigye said: "Medical staff trained by the US and other partners are usually grounded in positions where they cannot easily go."--
-- unbelievability
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs early this year said the government of Trinidad and Tobago had requested Uganda to supply medical professionals to supplement its health sector.
The ministry says the move would also "accelerate existing bilateral relations between the two countries."
The ministry in July produced a shortlist of 215 specialists that are set to be interviewed and sent out. A closer analysis shows majority of the doctors are from government hospitals and health centres; 93 from Mulago (??????)and only a handful from private practice.
The Health minister in charge of General Duties, Dr Elioda Tumwesigye, told Daily Monitor that the matter is being addressed.
On the US ambassador's concern, Dr Tumwesigye said: "Medical staff trained by the US and other partners are usually grounded in positions where they cannot easily go."
THE contradiction
Trinidad and Tobago, a country of only 1.3 million people, has 12 times as many doctors per capita than Uganda. It is ranked in the 67th position of countries with best health systems, according to World Health Organisation (WHO). Uganda on the other hand is in the 149th position. WHO recommends a ratio of one doctor per 1,000 people.
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