Hoima Referral Hospital told to rein in study leave
The Health Service Commission in Uganda has ordered Hoima Regional Referral Hospital to restrict staff study leave due to severe staffing shortages. Officials warned that unauthorized leave or failure to return will be treated as abscondment, potentially leading to termination.
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The directive addresses critical healthcare service delivery issues caused by human resource management challenges in public hospitals.
Health: Hoima Referral Hospital told to rein in study leave
Hoima Referral Hospital told to rein in study leave as staffing crisis bites
"Every health worker intending to go for further education must plan two years ahead and inform his supervisors, and the commission will recommend the deletion of all the workers who don't follow the guidelines because that is abscondment," Mwebesa said.
Dr Mwebesa said the commission had recently recruited a number of staff for Hoima Regional Referral Hospital, including four associate consultants, nurses and laboratory staff. Their posting will soon be undertaken by the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Health. (Credit: Wilson Asiimwe)
HOIMA - The Health Service Commission has asked the top management of Hoima Regional Referral Hospital to regulate staff requesting study leave as the facility grapples with staff shortages.
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