Seven-member committee appointed to probe issues in health sector



Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has appointed a seven-member committee headed by Dr Dedunu Dias, Medical Research Institute Director to conduct a full investigation and report on the issues related to the health sector.

Keheliya Rambukwella told the Daily Mirror that the Committee is also tasked with inquiring into the deaths in government hospitals within the last few months.

He said the committee comprises experts who have extensive knowledge and understanding of both medicine and nursing, as well as allergies.

Accordingly, they will conduct a full investigation into all the controversial deaths and submit a report to the Health Minister.

The committee will be helpful in providing better health services to the people in the hospital system in the country, Minister Rambukwella said.

The following are the members of the committee, 

1. Prof. Chandima Jeewandara - Professor in Allergy and Immunology

2. Prof. Priyadarshani Galappaththi - Professor of Pharmacology

3. Dr. Senitha Liyanage - Consultant Emergency Physician

4. Prof. Nithushi Samaranayake - Professor in Pharmacy

5. Prof. S.S.P Warnakulasuriya - Professor in Nursing

6. Dr. Philip H. Li.- Board Director Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

 



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