Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, says the College of Health Sciences has complained to him that their medical students are being placement in government facilities.
Makerere University is seeking to enter a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Health Ministry with clear guidelines for
the placement of medical students for internship in Mulago National Referral
Hospital and other government facilities across the country.
Makerere University Vice
Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, says the College of Health Sciences has
complained to him that their medical students are being placement in government
facilities.
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The Health State Minister in Charge of Primary Health Care, Dr. Joyce
Moriku Kaducu blames the problem on the high student numbers with private universities increasingly enrolling large numbers of
students.
She says as result, wards are crowded something
that discomforts patients.
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According to a report by the Uganda Medical and Dental
Practitioners Council, there are ten universities offering medical and dental
degree courses across the country.
These institutions release more than 500
students each year to hospitals for training.
