The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam
Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam welcomed the Minister’s response and noted that future ministerial visits to Batticaloa hospitals should include meetings with district MPs. He requested the establishment of Rajya Osusala branches in Batticaloa town, Valachchenai and Kaluwanchikudy, specifically asking whether an Osusala branch could be opened at Kaluwanchikudy Base Hospital where a building reportedly constructed for this purpose is available but unused.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, thank you for your reply.
¶ 02 You visited the Batticaloa District last week and viewed several hospitals. In future, when you visit, it would be beneficial to meet the district’s Members of Parliament as well.
¶ 03 We requested Rajya Osusala branches in Batticaloa town, Valachchenai and Kaluwanchikudy, since the hospitals there serve large populations. In 2018–2019, SPC officials directly visited Kaluwanchikudy Base Hospital and stated that Osusala could be established if a building were available. Such a building has now been constructed within the hospital premises and remains closed. Hence my question.
¶ 04 First, while you establish a branch in Batticaloa town, can you, using your authority, also establish a branch within the Kaluwanchikudy hospital premises where a building already exists?
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Cite as: The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 July 2025. No. 1753443916033328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13562