Medical faculty heads meet Health Minister over SAITM

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Deans of the medical faculties of eight universities today had a discussion with Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne on the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM), Ministry sources said.

Health Ministry Spokesman Nipun Ekanayake said the deans agreed to submit a report on the standard of the SAITM and their proposals and recommendations in two weeks.

They had earlier written to Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella outlining suggestions to resolve the issue involving the SAITM, Malabe and the standard of the medical education in the country, where they stressed the need to mete out justice to the students currently studying at the SAITM. (Ajith Siriwardana)

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Selvyn Wednesday, 15 February 2017 09:04 PM

Saitm deserves a reasonable solution. GMOA and university studets cannot thrust their high handed action down the throat of the saitm students. via DM Android App

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haul Wednesday, 15 February 2017 09:19 PM

he cant give any solution other than a lie via DM Android App

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Silva Wednesday, 15 February 2017 09:27 PM

All this time they pressurized academics in their faculties not to accept assignments at SAITM. Now they are talking about justice.

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Mandy Wednesday, 15 February 2017 10:17 PM

Other than Colombo, Peradeniya and maybe Ruhuna, other Medical Campuses of State Universities need to be properly assesed for the Lecturing staff in them and which is less than SAITM..

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Daya Wednesday, 15 February 2017 11:16 PM

It would be more appropriate to evaluate the standards of medical graduates produced by certain state universities such as Rajarata: Entering medical stream with poor results via district basis; dearth of professors to guide; no adequate infrastructure; no enough exposure to patients due to lack of consultants. Mostly they are not working as majority of the days they have to attend to protests to ask for lecture halls, lecturers, clinical appointments etc. How many in the medical field with very poor results but fortunate enough to got in to state universities to become doctors? How many students with 3As/2As etc in the SAITM as they do not get a chance to enter medical faculties due to the curse of district basis? Why not GMOA/Medical Council do not comment on such malfunction and injustice? If medical council is concerned about student qualifications, they should suggest UGC to abolish district basis and let merit scheme decides intake? How many doctors with just 3S/ C and 2S at AL?

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Ram Thursday, 16 February 2017 01:50 AM

Mandy is right. However to uphold democracy for all, hold one exam for all Medical faculties including Colombo, Peradeniya, Ruhuna and the overseas qualified students.

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UniDon Thursday, 16 February 2017 08:17 AM

Mr. Minister you have to consult not the Deans but the SLMC.

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Nihal Thursday, 16 February 2017 09:36 AM

Absolutely right... make one standard applicable to all medical graduates State, Private or foreign.

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lkboy Thursday, 16 February 2017 09:55 AM

thats the fault of Health ministry.

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