By Kumudini Hettiarachchi
Petitions by sacked members to be taken up in Appeal Court tomorrowView(s):
Protesting against interference in the SLMC, (from left) Dr. Sarath Gamini de Silva, Prof. Lalitha Mendis, Prof. Mohan de Silva, Prof. Colvin Goonaratna, Dr. Nanda Amarasekera, Dr. Harischandra Gambheera and Dr. Srilal de Silva. Pic by Indika Handuwala
The Court of Appeal is due to take up tomorrow (December 14), the two petitions filed by the five members including the President of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) against their sacking by the Health Minister.
SLMC President Prof. Harendra de Silva and council members, Dr. Sunil Rathnapriya and Dr. Upul Gunasekara, challenged their removal in the Court of Appeal on December 2 and the other two council members, Prof. Narada Warnasuriya and Dr. Pushpitha Ubesiri, on December 7.
Former SLMC members raise concerns on the removal of key members
Former SLMC members raise concerns on the removal of key members
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COLOMBO (News 1st): The key responsibility of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) is to protect the people of this country, and the issue at hand at present is whether this responsibility will be handed over to an institution consisting of those who enter through a 65% majority, Prof. Colvin Gunarathne, Former Chairman of the SLMC raised concerns.
“There are 25 members at the SLMC with 16 of them being from the highly active level of trade unions. For example, doctors enter through a vote and those from the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) will win through a majority. Around seven to eight are Deans who enter through the vote of Lecturers and Professors of the Medical faculty. Their main aim is to ensure the operation of Medical Faculties and address the concerns of Medical Students,” Prof. Colvin Gunarathne t