The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip
The Minister said the Government is addressing medical staff shortages through recruitment, training, extended retirement for doctors up to age 63, and deploying specialists returning from overseas training where necessary. He stated that hospital upgrades would follow the criteria in the relevant circular and would not be limited to changing nameboards. Regarding Puttalam “A” grade Base Hospital, he said an upgrade would be considered once required services, facilities, and staffing are completed.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I will explain.
¶ 02 Even with outward migration of medical professionals, we continue recruitment and training to fill vacancies and manage human resources to maintain uninterrupted services. The retirement age for doctors has been extended to 63. Specialists completing overseas training are being assigned, in some cases even before Board Certification, to address gaps.
¶ 03 Regarding changing only the nameboard: no, I would not do such a thing; you know that. Any upgrade follows the criteria of the relevant circular.
¶ 04 As for Puttalam, as an “A” grade base hospital, once the requisite services, facilities, and staff are completed, we will consider the upgrade.
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- Hansard, Friday, 21 November 2025 ·No. 22936 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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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, 21 November 2025. No. 22936. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/6290