Friday, December 03, 2004
GMOA urges Minister to stop sabotage
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
By Damitha Hemachandra
The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA), called upon the Health Minister to prevent the attempts by the Deputy Director General Health Services (DDGHS) to sabotage the National Health Policy.
GMOA Secretary, Anuruddha Padeniya pointed out that DDGHS, had issued several orders against the hospital categorising introduced under the Planning Unit of the Health Ministry as a guideline to distribute human and physical resources.
"However, he had been issuing several orders overriding the national policy," Dr. Padeniya said stressing out the importance of protecting the national policy.
Meanwhile, the GMOA and the Health Ministry had agreed that the annual transfers of specialists too should be done in accordance with the National Health Policy.
However, Dr. Padeniya pointed out that the existing and exigency services of peripheral hospitals should be taken into consideration prior to the National Health Policy being fully implemented.
"With 114 specialists taking up new posts in over 50 hospitals, the facilities of the hospitals require improvement to gain best services from these specialists," he said.
The Health Minister during his discussions with the GMOA had agreed to suspend the implementation of Rs. five million bond required for overseas training component of the postgraduates.
The Health Minister also had decided to pursue a different approach to bring down nearly 100 specialists, who are now serving aboard without returning to the country, after completing the government-sponsored postgraduate studies abroad.
By Damitha Hemachandra
The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA), called upon the Health Minister to prevent the attempts by the Deputy Director General Health Services (DDGHS) to sabotage the National Health Policy.
GMOA Secretary, Anuruddha Padeniya pointed out that DDGHS, had issued several orders against the hospital categorising introduced under the Planning Unit of the Health Ministry as a guideline to distribute human and physical resources.
"However, he had been issuing several orders overriding the national policy," Dr. Padeniya said stressing out the importance of protecting the national policy.
Meanwhile, the GMOA and the Health Ministry had agreed that the annual transfers of specialists too should be done in accordance with the National Health Policy.
However, Dr. Padeniya pointed out that the existing and exigency services of peripheral hospitals should be taken into consideration prior to the National Health Policy being fully implemented.
"With 114 specialists taking up new posts in over 50 hospitals, the facilities of the hospitals require improvement to gain best services from these specialists," he said.
The Health Minister during his discussions with the GMOA had agreed to suspend the implementation of Rs. five million bond required for overseas training component of the postgraduates.
The Health Minister also had decided to pursue a different approach to bring down nearly 100 specialists, who are now serving aboard without returning to the country, after completing the government-sponsored postgraduate studies abroad.
