Committee appointed to study intermediate medical officer cadre
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- Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health and Mass Media appointed a specialist committee to examine creating an intermediate cadre for medical officers.
- The committee will make recommendations on the proposal under instructions from Health and Mass Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa.
- Deputy Health Minister Hasanka Wijemuni will chair the committee, with Amila Suranga serving as secretary.
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health and Mass Media has formally appointed a specialist committee to examine a proposed intermediate cadre for medical officers.
The committee will study the proposal and submit recommendations. Health and Mass Media Secretary Dr. Anil Jasinghe took steps to establish it on the instructions of Minister Nalinda Jayatissa.
Deputy Health Minister Dr. Hasanka Wijemuni will chair the committee. Dr. Amila Suranga, from the ministry’s planning division, will serve as secretary.
Other members include Additional Secretary for Medical Services Dr. W. K. Wickramasinghe, Deputy Director General of Medical Services II Dr. Samindi Samarakoon, and senior professors Henrath H. D. N. P. Opatha of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Dilip de Silva of the University of Peradeniya.
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Originally published by Lankadeepa in Sinhala. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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