Addressing a joint press conference today at their offices in Kampala, the general secretary of the union, Agrey Sanya the newly declared struggle targeted at reducing maternal and child death will be rolled out across the country but as they push for other demands that are affecting them at the moment noting that the lowest pay should be at around UGX.2.5M.

The medics also want govt to fully equip all health centers across the country to provide a better working condition for them as they extend services to locals.

However, the workers representative in parliament, Dr. Sam Lyomoki reveals that over 40% of Ugandan pregnant women give birth to un qualified personnel which contributes to these death but further stresses that this is because the medics are poorly paid which has seen a hCue.Lyomoki.Eng&Lug.

Statistics show that Ugandan looses 16 mothers while giving birth and over 105 neonates while giving birth daily.

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The nurses and some senior medics at Butabika hospital went on strike yesterday demanding for their salary arrears and the reinstatement of their risk allowances which were cut off by the ministry of public service.

Talking to journalists today the chairman of the Uganda Medical Workers Union Butabika Hospital branch, Juma Ojwang said that some health workers have resumed duty after convincing them that their issues will be handled very soon.

Ojwang says that the medics who sleep outside the hospital have not yet returned for duty.

Ojwang however was noncommittal on when the arrears will be paid and if the risk allowances would be reinstated.

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Trouble arose from reports that they deliberately failed to attend to hundreds of HIV/AIDS patients that turned u at the Health centre for the last one week.

The district Health officer Dr. Peter Kusoro said patients were denied treatment and says the medical workers risky disciplinary action.

Out of the many Health workers are Unit, five are trained to handle HIV/AIDS patients but on Wednesday faces of positive pregnant mothers, elderly women and children stormed the hospital protesting failure by the Heath workers failure to give them the antiviral drugs.

Lirara resident district commissioner Susan Wakenye has also ordered for the arrest of these medical workers who absconded their duties living patients dying.

Akenye visited the Health unit and found the patients lying under the mango tree while others were seeping at the antiviral therapy ward; she said this is totally unacceptable.

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