{"id":273716,"date":"2019-04-22T08:14:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T12:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/addisstandard.com\/?p=12024"},"modified":"2026-09-13T11:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T15:22:35","slug":"medical-interns-and-students-protested-mistreatment-across-ethiopian-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/273716","title":{"rendered":"Medical interns and students protested mistreatment across Ethiopian cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 22 April 2019, Addis Standard reported medical interns, students, and professionals demonstrating in multiple cities against mistreatment, extreme hours, low pay, and unsafe working conditions, including actions linked to Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"397\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-272524\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ethiopian-medical-graduates-urge-the-government-for-jobs.jpg?resize=780%2C397&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Medical interns and students protested mistreatment across Ethiopian cities\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ethiopian-medical-graduates-urge-the-government-for-jobs.jpg?w=833&amp;ssl=1 833w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ethiopian-medical-graduates-urge-the-government-for-jobs.jpg?resize=800%2C407&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ethiopian-medical-graduates-urge-the-government-for-jobs.jpg?resize=768%2C391&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ethiopian-medical-graduates-urge-the-government-for-jobs.jpg?resize=640%2C326&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The wave followed clashes at Arsi University where security forces injured interns, and earlier unrest at Jimma. Social media from young doctors made private hospital grievances into a national labor story the Ethiopian government could not fully spin away.<\/p>\n<p>Abiy Ahmed\u2019s reform year advertised youth and modernity. Interns answering night shifts without pay exposed the gap between brochure Ethiopia and ward Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>This Addis Standard file pairs with The Reporter\u2019s Assela coverage as a health-rights marker. When trainees must protest to be treated as workers, the health system\u2019s moral ledger is already in deficit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/addisstandard.com\/news-medical-interns-students-and-professionals-stage-protests-in-multiple-cities\/\">Addis Standard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/addisstandard.com\/news-security-forces-injure-arsi-univ-medical-interns-during-protest\/\">Addis Standard (Arsi)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, April 22\/2019 &ndash; Medical interns, students and professionals stage protests in multiple cities and university campuses against mistreatment, long working hours, low salaries and on the job safety, among others. Accordingly, there were protest demonstrations today by medical interns and students of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/addisstandard.com\/news-medical-interns-students-and-professionals-stage-protests-in-multiple-cities\/\">News: Medical interns, students and professionals stage protests in multiple cities<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/addisstandard.com\/\">Addis Standard<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":272524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2991],"class_list":["post-273716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news","tag-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ethiopian-medical-graduates-urge-the-government-for-jobs.jpg?fit=833%2C424&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-19cM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273716"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601053,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273716\/revisions\/601053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}