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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Senior health officers (SHOs), who had laid down their tools last month over unpaid allowances, have suspended the strike after government commenced remitting their arrears.<\/p>\n

They noted that the decision to suspend the industrial action that had lasted about two weeks was intended to allow time for engagements with the government to discuss and implement the recommended short term and long-term solutions.<\/p>\n

Addressing a press conference on behalf of the SHOs earlier today, Dr Robert Lubega, from Mulago National Referral Hospital said the government had released allowance arrears for two out of four months (November and December) to some continuing senior house officers.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing this gesture from the ministry of health, the steps taken by National Resistance Movement (NRM) secretary general, Mr Richard Todwong, and the support shown to us by the Parliamentary Health Committee in prioritising our issues, the SHOs held a general assembly this week and resolved to suspend the industrial action for one month as we allow time for engagements to discuss and implement the recommended short term and long term solutions as presented by the Uganda Medical Association (UMA),\u201d Dr Lubega said.<\/p>\n

He, however, noted that the first years and some continuing SHOs have not been paid as the Ministry of Health claims to have a budget deficit of about Shs8.36 billion per year that is not able to facilitate all the 692 SHOs in the country.<\/p>\n

The team noted that if their issues were not solved within a period of one month, they would have no option other than resume the industrial action.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will mean that the first years who haven\u2019t received anything now, will have missed payment for five months after the end of this month, which will not be fair for them to continue serving Ugandans on empty stomachs,\u201d Dr Lubega stated.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the health ministry\u2019s budget deficit, Dr Andrew Muyanga, the team\u2019s publicity secretary said the ministry needs proper planning and making proper future projections to solve such issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ministry needs to sit down and plan better and all this can be solved through the National Task force which was recommended by Prof Francis Omaswa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The senior medical doctors also want the national health workforce planning committee to be instituted as per the June 1, 2021 presidential directive.<\/p>\n

Among other grievances, they want government to advertise and recruit medical officers special grade and consultants in the regional referral hospitals to fill the 70 percent vacancies of specialists in government health facilities, they also called for enhancement training of senior house officers and medical interns.<\/p>\n

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