Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law)

¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Health and Mass Media:

¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House - (i) whether he is aware of the publication “Provisional Clinical Practice Guidelines on COVID-19 Suspected and Confirmed Patients”; (ii) if so, the names of the experts who contributed contents and recommendations to the publication; (iii) their affiliations and designations at the time of serving as expert resource persons; (iv) the authority responsible for appointing them; and (v) the criteria/basis followed to select them?

¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform this House - (i) whether he is aware of Section 7 of the above publication; (ii) if so, the names of the specific expert resource persons responsible for the content and recommendations in Section 7; (iii) separately, the process, documents and references used to develop the content and recommendations in Section 7; and (iv) whether the recommendations in Section 7 are subject to the professional opinion of experts in medical ethics and medical anthropology, locally or internationally?

¶ 04 (c) If not, why?