The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa
Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa clarified that the current Public Health Midwife allocation is not one per GN division, with one PHM often covering three to four GN divisions, and said the Government is working to reduce workloads progressively amid staff shortages and hospital attachments. He stated that declining birth rates do not imply reduced recruitment, emphasizing continued support for PHMs through training, educational pathways, recruitment, and, subject to economic growth, improved facilities and allowances.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you, Hon. Member. To clarify: even now, there is not one PHM per GN division; typically, one PHM covers three to four GN divisions. Given current shortages and hospital attachments, we are reducing caseloads progressively—e.g., from four to two GN divisions—rather than assigning one per GN at this time.
¶ 02 On declining births over the last decade: that statistical fact does not mean we are reducing recruitment. We value PHMs highly; they serve in the most remote areas, on foot when necessary. We will continue to enhance training, educational pathways, and recruitment, and, as the economy grows, expand facilities and allowances.
Provenance
- Source
- Hansard, Wednesday, 22 October 2025 ·No. 22638 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
- Page · column
- not yet extracted — page/column anchors are not in the current dataset; the source PDF is the citable location.
- Permalink
/lk/speeches/12304
Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 October 2025. No. 22638. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12304