As an important step in becoming a doctor, medical students must take the Hippocratic Oath, promising to first, do no harm but focus on the role as physicians to treat the ill to the best of their ability, preserve patients privacy and secrecy of medicine.
64 medical interns under the Faculty of Medicine at Gulu University have taken the Hippocratic Oath binding them to the ethical conduct of medical practitioners.
As an important step in becoming a doctor, medical students must take the Hippocratic Oath, promising to first, do no harm but focus on the role as physicians to treat the ill to the best of their ability, preserve patients privacy and secrecy of medicine.
The event came just a week after the University management indefinitely postponed its 16th graduation ceremony amidst a surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. The University graduation
which was scheduled for June 19, 2021, was postponed for fear that the current surge
in the COVID-19 transmission could undermine the safety of the
graduands.
Dr Felix Kaducu, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine says that the management reached the consensus to administer the Hippocratic Oath for the finalist medical students to enable them to enter the world of work and bridge the gap created by a shortage of medical personnel at a time when a deadly virus has put the world on its knees.
He added that the global pandemic has strained the health sector's human resource prompting a need for fresh and qualified graduates to reinforce care delivery.
The function held on Thursday was
officiated by the University Vice-Chancellor Prof. George Openyjuru
Ladaah. The University’s Assistant Public Relations Officer James Ojok Onono says the oath will now enable the finalists to officially practice their profession to save humanity as they wait an appropriate time to graduate.
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According to the Uganda Annual health sector performance report 2014/2015, Uganda had a total of 81,982 health workers employed in the health sector. The number of medical doctors was estimated at 4,811, accounting for 6 per cent of the total health workforce in the country.
Ochola's journalism career begun from Radio King 90.2 FM in Gulu around 2009, and Radio Rupiny 95.7 Fm under Vision Group in 2012. He also reported for Mighty Fire 91.5 Fm, Kitgum in 2015 before joining Wizarts Foundation in 2017.
He has been reporting for Uganda Radio Network (URN) since 2017 before being posted as Bureau Chief Kitgum, and latr Gulu between 2018 - 2021. Currently, he reports from Parliament.
