No decision to cancel leave for doctors: Health Ministry

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Responding to media reports that the leave of medical consultants who are overseas have been cancelled, Health Ministry Secretary Janaka Sri Chandragupta said the Health Ministry has not taken such a decision as yet.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Chandragupta said, “The Ministry alone cannot take such a decision to cancel the leave of medical officers and specialists. It has to be finalized by a Scrutiny Committee comprising relevant officials.”

“Hence, such a decision will only be taken if it is endorsed by the committee,” he added.

These speculations are on the spotlight in the wake of a mass exodus of medical specialists in recent past, resulting in the dearth of consultants in the health system in Sri Lanka.

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Karalasingam Sivalingam Wednesday, 16 August 2023 04:29 PM

India has an excess of medical professionals, doctors who could be hired to work here. Freedom to work and leave should not be curtailed. Many doctors who went to U.K were unable to pass examinations to meet the criteria to work in U.K. hospitals. Some 50 years ago, Indian teachers were in many schools in Sri Lanka. None is indispensable.

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Nuwan Thursday, 17 August 2023 06:19 AM

Yes indeed. Indian specialists can even provide telehealth with the assistance of a general practitioner here in SL.

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ruwan Thursday, 17 August 2023 07:45 AM

source - trust me bro

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sam Wednesday, 16 August 2023 06:16 PM

Cancelling leave will not solve any problem. Proper systems should be in place to reduce the impact

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Ungrateful citizens deserve this departure of doctors Wednesday, 16 August 2023 07:32 PM

It s a real shame why some can't understand that not only doctors are offered free education... doctors who work very hard without being lazy like other faculty students of arts, commerce even engineering in peradeniya(as I have witnessed) deserved a bigger take home salary than this. They get less than 2.25 lk most of the time including extra duty, compared to other fields who get vehicles , petrol officially. So government alone with ungrateful citizens have underestimated and ignored the service doctors provided. It s totally, and unconditionally ok that they leave this country with many ungrateful middle class category

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Nilmini Welivita Thursday, 17 August 2023 04:58 AM

We should get more Russian qualified doctors to fill in the gaps. There are plenty of them unemployed looking for work.

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Raavana Thursday, 17 August 2023 08:52 AM

Cancelling leave will make more doctors to leave the country. We should think about removing unrealistic ministers.

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