The Hon. Amila Prasad
Welcoming the planned recruitment of about 8,000 doctors, the member said this reflects training decisions made by previous governments five to seven years ago. He urged the Government to further increase medical faculty and nursing intakes from Advanced Level qualified students, sought clearer action on bringing back health professionals who have gone abroad, and reiterated the need to improve facilities at Primary Medical Care Centers.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you, Hon. Presiding Member.
¶ 02 Among the responses received to my proposal today, it was stated that about 8,000 doctors will be recruited. That is very welcome. As I mentioned earlier, the children who passed the Advanced Level five to seven years ago have been trained and are now entering the service. Therefore, the addition of about 8,000 new doctors reflects the actions taken by the governments in place five to seven years ago.
¶ 03 Another proposal I presented is to increase the intake of students to medical faculties and the intake of nurses from among those who pass the Advanced Level examination. I again draw the Government’s attention to this.
¶ 04 I did not receive an adequate response regarding the measures taken by the Ministry and officials to bring back those who have gone abroad. I draw the attention of the Hon. Deputy Minister to that as well.
¶ 05 Primary Medical Care Centers are functioning successfully, but they lack adequate facilities. I reiterate that point, and I thank you for the opportunity given today.
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Cite as: The Hon. Amila Prasad. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 June 2026. No. 23707. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/21694