Tanzania: Crisis as government sacks striking medical interns

Services at Tanzania's largest medical facility, the Muhimbili National Hospital, have deteriorated further after the government failed to resolve a dispute with medical interns who have been on strike for more than a week, demanding increased allowances. "We tried our best to convince the interns to go back to work, but it appears some of them were not ready to call off the strike," Hussein Mwinyi, the deputy minister for health, told a news conference on Tuesday when he announced the government's termination of the services of the striking interns.