The Hon. Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy

¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Health and Mass Media:

¶ 02 Divisional Hospitals in Jaffna and Kilinochchi Districts: Details

¶ 03 Will he state—

¶ 04 (a) (i) the number of government divisional hospitals in Jaffna and Kilinochchi Districts; (ii) the approved and actual cadre of doctors, nurses and other employees of each hospital, separately; (iii) the measures taken to fill those vacancies; (iv) whether there are vacancies for pharmacists in hospitals in the above districts; (v) the date on which those vacancies are filled; (vi) the date on which appointments will be given, whereas no appointments have been given although interviews have been conducted for recruiting pharmacists; (vii) whether there are vacancies for ambulance drivers in the above hospitals; and (viii) the date on which those vacancies will be filled?

¶ 05 (b) Will he also state— (i) whether the Velanai Divisional Hospital in Jaffna has been placed in Grade B; (ii) the date on which it will take effect; (iii) the number of approved employees and the actual number of employees serving in that hospital at present according to the grading, separately; (iv) whether laboratory facilities and staff have been provided according to the grading; and (v) if not, the measures that will be taken to provide them?

¶ 06 (c) If not, why?