The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa
Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa stated that Public Health Midwife deployment is being assessed scientifically in light of declining birth rates, rather than assigning one to every GN division. He said the Government is repairing, upgrading, and building maternal and child health clinics under primary healthcare strengthening, and is preparing a project to address PHM allowances, transport, motorcycles, and office facilities in consultation with the Family Health Bureau.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, as you know, the birth rate is declining, so a PHM is not required for every GN division, but we calculate this scientifically. Under primary healthcare strengthening, we are repairing, upgrading, and in some places constructing new clinics for maternal and child services delivered by PHMs. If the Rs. 250 office allowance had been raised to Rs. 2,000 during 2015-2020, we would have had a base to move forward; it was not increased for a time. We will address PHM needs through a new project covering combined allowance, transport, motorcycles, and office facilities. We have already discussed this with the Family Health Bureau.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 August 2025. No. 1755509552009433. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/24240