The Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has reiterated that government will not in any way try to negotiate with medical interns regarding their ongoing strike.
Aceng in a statement released today afternoon said that interns who are not interested in working should go ahead and vacate hospital premises, same as those who are interested in joining them.
She said that whoever is in the strike and those joining them are the losers.
According to Dr. Aceng, everything that was demanded by the interns was committed to by the government and is in the pipeline.
Dr. Aceng said that strikes are not the means to solve every problem.
Intern doctors went on strike on November 6, 2021, demanding payment of enhanced medical internship allowances.
The government assured the interns that the allowances were to be paid as soon as the supplementary budget is approved by Parliament.
