The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) alleged that the Ministry of Health has failed to pay adequate attention to the implementation of specialist transfers that should have taken effect on January 1, 2021. The association said in a statement that this would lead to various administrative issues for doctors specially when getting their children to admitted schools. The GMOA has requested the Director General of Health Services to take immediate action regarding this delay. The GMOA emphasizes that the specialist doctors will not be able to prevent the emergence of issues in various parts of Sri Lanka that disrupt patient care services if the transfers were not implemented.

Source: The Nation February 16, 2021 09:56 UTC