The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip
The Minister said the newly built Gallassa hospital cannot become fully operational immediately, but staffing is being increased to enable services to proceed. He reported that 25 medical officers, 50 nurses, and 50 minor staff had been deployed, with 30 more minor staff due that week, while additional temporary medical and nursing assignments would support the professorial unit. He also stated that four post-intern anaesthetists would be allocated and further nursing recruitment, including for the blood bank, was underway.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, a newly built hospital cannot start overnight. In the past month alone, we have deployed 25 medical officers and 50 nurses specifically for Gallassa; 50 minor staff have been assigned, with another 30 to be provided this week, enabling operations to proceed. While the full cadre requested was not previously approved by the Department of Management Services, we are filling the approved cadre and temporarily assigning additional medical officers and nurses to establish the professorial unit. Four post-intern anaesthetists are to be allocated; further nursing recruitment is underway in the coming months, including for the blood bank where staff are already in training.
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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, 20 August 2025. No. 1756378373069107. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/16109