The Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna
Hon. Ramanathan Archchuna raised concerns about staffing at Mallavi Base Hospital in Mullaitivu, stating that a physician transferred there from Chavakachcheri had not been released due to GMOA intervention. He asked the Minister of Health whether transfer orders would be enforced and whether action would be taken if he provided evidence that doctors assigned to the hospital attend only one week per month.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Alright, one and a half minutes. I have started my stopwatch.
¶ 02 Hon. Minister of Health, I will ask quickly as I have only one and a half minutes. Mullaitivu is a district in very poor condition. Its main hospital is the Mallavi Hospital, a “B” grade base hospital—you know this well. This month the transfer list was released. For the first time, a Visiting Physician from the Chavakachcheri Hospital was transferred to the Mallavi Hospital. Although the transfer list was issued, the GMOA has kept Dr. Diana at Chavakachcheri instead of sending her to Mallavi. If a medical officer is appointed to Mallavi by transfer order, that officer must be sent there. At the same time, doctors working there are present only one week a month; for three weeks they are absent. If I can prove this with evidence as a Member of Parliament, can appropriate action be taken? Hon. Speaker, I have finished within one and a half minutes.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 September 2025. No. 1758876121024768. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15549