“It was after I dismissed the overtures calling for my resignation that a letter indicating that I have been removed as SLMC president was sent across”, he further said. The process the Health Minister followed is completely flawed and purely based on the agenda of a trade union. “The incumbent Health Minister is giving into the dictates of the GMOA and lost her sense of direction as a result”. The Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) was established in 1998 as a statutory body. It replaced the former Ceylon Medical Council formed in 1924.

Source: The Nation December 06, 2020 01:10 UTC