The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip
The Minister acknowledged that although buildings and equipment are available at the relevant health centre, inadequate staffing has limited operations. He said specialist doctors arriving in Sri Lanka will be assigned there, complementary staff are being trained, and remaining vacancies under the 2017 approved cadre are expected to be filled through those currently in training. He added that deployment imbalances have largely been addressed and that special attention will be given to staffing needs at Kilinochchi District General Hospital, including matters discussed at Jaffna Teaching Hospital.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the information given is correct. Buildings and equipment exist, but staffing is inadequate. We are assigning several specialist doctors arriving in Sri Lanka to that centre, while ensuring they remain in service here. We are also training complementary cadres; lack of such staff has hindered operation of some equipment. We have now largely addressed deployment imbalances, but recruitments required under the 2017 approved cadre have not yet been completed. We expect to fill with those currently under training. I have discussed this at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital as well. We will pay special attention to Kilinochchi District General Hospital to fill vacancies and needs.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 September 2025. No. 1758876121024768. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15506