Reports from Uganda indicate that the East African country is losing several of its doctors who are leaving for greener pastures abroad .
The latest destination of Ugandan doctors is South Sudan which is offering lucrative packages to trained doctors.
Latest statistics from the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council, indicate that more than 2,000, nearly 50 per cent of the registered number of medical practitioners, have left the country in the past 10 years even as the government continues to struggle to attract, recruit and retain doctors in State health facilities.
The Council had 4,200 registered doctors as of July 31, 2013. Out of these, only 2,021 have been licensed by the Council, while only 1,200 are involved in clinical medicine, a role for which they are trained.
{Agencies}
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