Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe responded positively towards the proposals presented to the Government by the Government Medical Officers’Association (GMOA), the Deans of all State Medical Faculties of Sri Lanka and the Faculty of Medicine Teachers’ Associations (FMTAs), GMOA Secretary Dr.Haritha Aluthge said.
Addressing a press conference at the GMOA Head Quarters in Colombo yesterday, he said that the Prime Minister gave instructions to Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne in connection with ongoing discussions based on the set of proposals presented by the GMOA and other two organisations.
“The Minister responded positively. Those new developments occurred during the discussion held with the Prime Minister on July 12,”he said.
According to Dr. Aluthge, all parties came to an agreement in connection with solving the issue of Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) President’s appointment with the consent of all parties, completing the work on the proposed Minimum Standards of Medical Education as soon as possible by coordinating with the Legal Draftsman’s Department and identifying ways to solve the SAITM issue on the directions of the SLMC during pending court cases.