The Hon. Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy
Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy raised concern that a Netherlands-funded special women’s treatment centre in Kilinochchi has remained non-operational for years despite having advanced medical equipment, some of which has expired or is nearing expiry. He referred to previous assurances that provincial staff would be assigned on rotation and to a recent local protest, and requested that the Minister and officials visit the centre, appoint staff immediately, and make it operational to serve women in Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar and Vavuniya.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, my first supplementary:
¶ 02 In Kilinochchi District, a special women’s treatment centre built with funding from the Government of the Netherlands has remained non-operational for years. Advanced equipment, including a CT scanner and radiology machines not available elsewhere in Sri Lanka, are installed there; some have passed their usability dates, others are nearing expiry. At the last Ministerial Consultative Committee, it was stated that provincial staff would be assigned there on a rotation. Recently, a local association held a protest demanding immediate operation of the centre. I request that the Hon. Minister and officials visit, assess the situation, appoint the necessary staff immediately, and operationalize the centre so that pregnant women and others in Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar and Vavuniya receive proper care. What steps will be taken?
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Cite as: The Hon. Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 September 2025. No. 1758876121024768. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15505