Ayurvedic practitioners to get additional service allowance: Sisira Jayakody

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Colombo, August 7 (Daily Mirror)- The additional service allowance, which was previously only available to western medicine doctors, will be given to Ayurvedic practitioners as well, State Minister for Indigenous Medicine Sisira Jayakody said today.

He said the the Cabinet approved extending the additional service allowance to the Ayurvedic practitioners and that they had been requesting this change for over 18 years.

The Minister made these remarks while addressing the media briefing titled “Collective Path to a Stable Country” held at the Presidential Media Centre (PMC) today.

"The additional allowance for Ayurvedic doctors will be funded through the budget allocated to the Ministry of Health, ensuring that it does not impact the Ministry of Finance. This development is a significant win for government Ayurvedic practitioners," he said.

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Patrick Wednesday, 07 August 2024 07:49 PM

Happy that Ayurvedic doctors will get an additional service allowance. But it shouldn't happen during an upcoming election (in 44 days) time. Let the govt pay after the presendial election.

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joshua Wednesday, 07 August 2024 08:53 PM

ah you want votes. Get lost. But we will take the allowance

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Puswadilla Wednesday, 07 August 2024 11:53 PM

Who the hell is going to pay for it? Are you going to pay? Or you better market Dammika Paniya kanda in every town and make money out of it.

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KP Thursday, 08 August 2024 12:48 AM

Every rupee spent on Ayurveda is a loss. If someone wants to try these unscientific nonsense, let them do it at their own expense. Not with my taxpayer money.

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Ram P Thursday, 08 August 2024 06:35 AM

Why wasn't the allowance given to both sections at the same time. Ranil cannot woo these Physicians' votes by giving these allowances. It appears that Ranil is feeling the pulse of defeat. Soon the poor is likely to receive a "Badu Malu". These actions are illegal after election is declared and I am surprised why EC is silent

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Nihal S Thursday, 08 August 2024 06:48 AM

Good for them., but this is bribing for the votes.

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