Dr. Christine Ntegamahe Mwebesa, the Deputy Chairperson of the Commission, says a month to the new financial year, no institution has submitted the required clearance showing the required health workers they need, which is likely to slow down the process.
Dr. Christine Mwebesa Ntegahamu Mwebesa, the Deputy Chairperson of the Health Service Commission that conducted the interviews to fill vacant positions of enrolled nurses and midwives within Uganda Prisons Service explained that they pre-tested the e-recruitment software using computers at their offices only to be disappointed when they tried using it at a rented facility in Makerere.
Okong says if approved, the number of health worker stock to handle the viral respiratory disease will rise up to over a thousand since they had highest slightly more than 300 personnel during the first wave of infection last year.
Mukuzi says doctors have approached the association with complaints that for one to be deployed they need to part with lots of money to facilitate officials in the district and the National Health Service commission.
Prof. Pious Okong, the Chairperson of the Commission said they all interviewed candidates had the requirements for the job even as he agreed that it’s ridiculous to interview hundreds for just a few positions.
At Rubaga hospital, Dr Ronald Kasyaba reported that Antenatal Care attendance has reduced to 34 per cent, deliveries have reduced to 26.4 per cent whereas those that come back for Postnatal Care attendance has followed completely to 11.4 per cent.
The Health Service Commission only handles recruitment of officials at the Ministry of Health headquarters, national and regional referral hospitals and the directorate of public health under Kampala Capital City Authority in addition to specialized institutions like the Heart and Cancer Institute.
