Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:51:45 +0000 Junior doctors on Monday went on a go slow at the University Teaching Hospital demanding for better working equipment and facilities in hospitals. The doctors said their demands had nothing to do with salaries but they needed to be provided with proper working instruments and kits in their clinics. On Monday the doctors refused to attend to patients and instead locked themselves up in a day long meeting demanding that their grievances be dealt with. Some patients were instead seen by some professors and consultants because of the same stand off. But UTH managing director Dr Lackson Kasonka denied that doctors were planning to go on strike because the meeting involved those that were post graduate students. He said the work stoppage was purely academic and had nothing to do with clinical issues. Dr Kasonka said all the interns working at the hospital had a meeting to discuss issues […]
