31 October 2023 12:00 am Views - 82
By Sheain Fernandopulle
Controversial Consultant Judicial Medical Officer, Dr. Ruhul Haq, who was embroiled in controversy for defying a suspension imposed by the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC), is reportedly seeking to be reinstated in service.
In a letter, Dr. Haq has requested the President of the College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka Dr. S.P.A Hewage to inform the SLMC to rectify and expedite the process of reinstatement.
Dr. Ruhul Haq has faced criticism for his controversial and contradictory postmortem reports in cases such as Dinesh Schaffter’s, the death of a three-year-old child following kidney surgery at Lady Ridgeway Hospital, the death of a five-year-old girl at a private hospital in Colombo in 2013, and a worker’s death due to suspected food poisoning at the Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in 2014.
As a result, the JMO was initially suspended for eight months, starting from December 20, 2022, with the suspension supposed to end on August 20. However, despite the suspension, he has continued to perform significant postmortems over the past six months. Subsequently, the JMO was sent on compulsory leave.