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SLMC asks Health Minister to extend Prof. Carlo’s tenure
View(s):Members of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) have written to Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne requesting that outgoing SLMC chairman Professor Carlo Fonseka be given a further extension to serve in the post.
The request came as Professor Fonseka’s tenure as Chairman ended on Friday (30).
Council Member Dr. Upul Gunasekara told the Sunday Times that members of the SLMC had written to the Health Minister requesting that Prof. Fonseka be given another extension.
“We believe he will be reappointed because he is deserving and energetic to hold the post. And we believe there is no replacement for him. He is an individual respected by everybody in the country,” he said.
Prof. Carlo Fonseka was appointed SLMC Chairman in 2012 by then Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena, and completed his five-year term last December. He was given a six-month extension which ended last Friday.
The request letter addressed to the Health Minister was signed by council members Dr. Upul Gunasekara, Dr. Chandana Atapattu, Dr. Susith Senaratne, Dr. S. Sivapriyan, Dr. Pushpitha Obeysiri, and Dr. Suresh Shanmuganathan.