IGG Asks Medical Practitioners To Redeem Their Image
March 21, 2024
The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Hon. Beti Kamya Turwomwe on March 19, 2024, asked medical practitioners to redeem the image of their profession by avoiding corrupt-related practices that can compromise their integrity.
The IGG made the remarks while engaging stakeholders from the health sector at Hotel Africana in Kampala.
The Inspectorate of Government (IG) had invited the latter to share its findings from the previously conducted spot-checks on health facilities in the Local Governments.
The engagement was aimed at devising strategies for improving service delivery in the health sector.
“Our findings have exposed high-level corruption in the health sector and it is being masterminded by the health practitioners. You need to defend your profession and redeem its image by sticking to the ethical values because corruption happens when there is a breakdown of ethics and rule of law,” she said.
She challenged them to step up the responsibility given to them to serve the citizens, and improve the current situation within their spaces.
While presenting IG’s findings to the stakeholders, the Deputy Inspector General of Government (DIGG), Mrs. Anne Twinomugisha Muhairwe, revealed that extortion, absenteeism, expiry of drugs, and inadequate leadership as some of the challenges crippling the health facilities.
Mrs. Muhairwe implored the regulators of the sector to scale up supervision and monitoring in the Local Governments, enforce disciplinary action against errant health workers, and improve coordination for effective service delivery.
The stakeholders thanked the management of the IG for bringing them on board in the fight against corruption in the health sector. They pledged to come up with measures that will improve service delivery in the health sector.