The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam
Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam raised a practical issue faced when repatriating bodies from Qatar, noting that Colombo airport requires a Non-infectious Certificate that Qatar does not issue. He said entry then depends on special approval from the Quarantine Office, but a recent case was delayed for several hours because the on-duty doctor did not respond or identify a process. He requested the Deputy Minister to address the procedural gap and improve handling of such cases.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I will conclude. I bring one urgent matter to the Deputy Minister’s attention: When bringing a body from Qatar, Colombo airport asks for a Non‑infectious Certificate, but that certificate is not issued in Qatar. In such cases, only a special approval via the Quarantine Office can allow entry. A week ago, at Colombo the on‑duty doctor failed to respond from noon to 8 p.m. to a request for that certificate, saying there is no process. After much difficulty, we obtained approval. Please address this, and I thank the former Minister for the motion and the House for the time.
¶ 02 Question proposed.
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Cite as: The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 May 2026. No. 23554. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/22781