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The Hon. Imran Maharoof

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Trincomalee· 8 March 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Mutur and Kinniya Hospitals: Physical Resources and Staff (Q.428/2025)

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Hon. Imran Maharoof asked the Minister of Health and Mass Media whether Mutur and Kinniya Hospitals, despite being designated Grade “A”, lack the required physical resources and adequate staffing. He requested details on planned measures to provide those resources, the number of consultant doctors at each hospital, steps to fill vacancies, and the reasons the hospitals have not been taken over by the Central Government.

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¶ 01 asked the Minister of Health and Mass Media:

¶ 02 (a) Is he aware - (i) that Mutur and the Kinniya Hospitals in the Trincomalee District have been given the status of Grade “A”; (ii) however, that physical resources conforming to Grade “A” have not been hitherto provided to the said hospitals; and (iii) that the aforesaid hospitals have not been provided with adequate staff?

¶ 03 (b) Will he inform this House the - (i) steps that will be taken to provide the necessary physical resources to those hospitals; (ii) number of consultant doctors currently serving in each of those hospitals, separately; (iii) steps taken to fill the staff vacancies existing in the said hospitals; and (iv) reasons for not taking over the Kinniya and Mutur Hospitals to the Central Government? If not, why?

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Hansard, Saturday, 8 March 2025 ·No. 1743142289059261 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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