§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what efforts are being made to improve the staffing of the Medical Department in Uganda, in view of the present inadequacy of the facilities.
§ Mr. J. AmeryThe Uganda Medical Department has steadily expanded since 1945 though the rate of expansion naturally depends on the availability of qualified staff as well as finance. Recruitment of doctors and nurses from this country is satisfactory and the recent educational expansion in Uganda has, for the first time, produced a surplus of applicants for local nursing training. One hundred and seventy-six trainee nurses and 30 potential medical assistants have been selected to study in local centres.
18WFacilities for improving the quality of the Medical Department staff continue to expand. At Makerere College, where doctors are trained, six Registrars have been appointed for post-graduate studies. Scholarships are also awarded for study in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. In this year alone £164,000 is being spent on new medical training centres and the construction of the new Mulago teaching hospital which will cost £2,300,000 has begun.