The People’s Movement for the Rights of Patients

The People’s Movement for the Rights of Patients – a multi religious and multi racial country-wide volunteer movement working to restore a health service where the well-being of patients is given priority – held its Annual General Meeting last Saturday at the CSR hall. The following were elected to the PMRP’s National Executive Committee for 2007 - 2008.

Patrons: Professor Carlo Fonseka (former Dean of the Medical Faculty); Dr. K. Balasubramaniam, Asia Pacific Coordinator Health Action International; Dr. Joel Fernando, Professor of Family Medicine and Course organizer, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine; Professor Tuly de Silva, President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Sri Lanka; Dr. Damyanthi Perera, Consultant Nutritionist; Dr. L.A.W. Sirisena, Consultant Gynaecologist and Ms. Leela Bibile.

President: Louis Benedict, Senior Vice President: M.K.P. Chandralal, ,Vice President: Vincent Bulathsinhala, Joint Secretaries: Christobel Saverimuttu and K.V. Kanthaverl and Committee Members: Christine Perera, S. Weerapriya, R. Ehamparam, J.M. Ashraff, Milton Perera, U.J. Rodrigo, D.P.B.M. Fernando, Allenson de Silva, T.K. Jamalon, Marie Benedict, O. Ramachandran (representing the Satyodaya movement),Yasas Sakalasooriya, Lalith Wasantha, Sunil Fonseka and M. A. Prasanna. For further details please telephone: 4715896, 077 3613888, 077 3687782, 2521917, 5646853, 071 4900256 or 072 2333555.