Hon. Thurairasa Ravikaran
Hon. Thurairasa Ravikaran asked the Minister of Health and Mass Media about deficiencies in staffing and facilities at Mullaitivu and Mannar General Hospitals, including the absence of internship training for doctors and unfilled specialist vacancies. He questioned whether the Government acknowledged inequities in health services where patients must be referred to other district hospitals for basic examinations and consultations due to inadequate resources. He sought clarification on whether a policy decision would be taken to ensure adequate staff and physical resources for all district hospitals, including Mullaitivu and Mannar.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 MULLAITIVU AND MANNAR GENERAL HOSPITALS: STAFF AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES
¶ 02 asked the Minister of Health and Mass Media:
¶ 03 (a) Will he inform this House - (i) whether he is aware that internship training for doctors is not provided at the Mullaitivu and Mannar General Hospitals; (ii) the reasons for the unfilled vacancies of specialist doctors in the Mullaitivu and Mannar General Hospitals, even though more than four specialist doctors approved by the Medical Council are working in most Base Hospitals; (iii) whether he admits that the failure and inequality of the Government health service is evident from the need to send patients to other district hospitals for basic medical examinations and consultations due to insufficient resources; and (iv) whether a policy decision will be taken to ensure the availability of adequate staff and physical resources for all district hospitals in Sri Lanka, including the said hospitals?
¶ 04 (b) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 7 October 2025 ·No. 22573 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Thurairasa Ravikaran. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 October 2025. No. 22573. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/9833