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"speaker_name": "Mr. Kambi",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Medical Services",
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"content": "(b) To mitigate against the crisis, the following measures have been taken: (i) The Minister has written to the Treasury seeking funds to bridge the budgetary deficit within the Ministryâs operational areas, one of which is training. (ii) Doctors who can sponsor themselves have been given study leave and also their pay is not going to be attached. (iii) Doctors who cannot sponsor themselves have been assured of sponsorship funding when funds are available. (iv) Through its partners, the Ministry has secured 8 scholarships which will be distributed as follows: (a) Five slots will go for eye specialization. (b) Three slots will go for family medicine. (c) There is no specific policy on postgraduate training for doctors. Training for health workers is regulated by the human resources development policy developed by the Ministry of State for Public Service for all civil servants. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, however, the Ministry of Medical Services is in the process of developing a training policy on postgraduate training for health workers. As this is happening, the Ministry has currently reserved 75 per cent of Treasury allocation on training for postgraduate training of doctors. This demonstrates the importance the Ministry attaches to training of doctors. That is all I have for my brother."
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