We are financially malnourished, cry nutritionists
NUTRITION AND WELLNESS
Kenyan nutritionist and dieticians are complaining they’re not paid during internships.
To be licensed, dieticians and nutritionists undergo supervised training in a yearlong internship-just like doctors and nurses.
While nutritionists and dieticians go home empty-handed at the end of the month, nurses pocket a gross pay of between Sh50, 000 and Sh90, 000 while doctors trouser about Sh180, 000-depending on region.
Henry Chole a nutritionist intern at Mama Lucy Hospital in Nairobi lamented how “we are offering free services and yet we are being over utilised while other health professionals are paid during their internships. I don t know why we are insignificant.”