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left out of medical conference This conference is to be held on December 14 and 15, in Malaysia. The topics to be discussed will be on the Millennium Development Goals proclaimed by the UN and their relation to Health and Development Policy, Women's Health, HIV and what Medical Parliamentarians can do. Experts from the WHO and other Agencies will also participate at this conference. " The Health Minister has not nominated a single medical Parliamentarian for this conference, even though there are several medical Parliamentarians in Parliament" said Dr. Jayawardena. "Prof. Tissa Vitharana, who is a senior medical consultant, is a medical Parliamentarian from the ruling party. Dr. Rajitha Senaratne and I are medical Parliamentarians from the Opposition and both of us are founder members of the International Medical Parliamentarians Organization (IMPO)," he said. Meanwhile, Health Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said, " The IMPO requested the Health Ministry to nominate participants to the Asian Medical Parliamentarians Conference. I as the Health Minister chose people who are connected to the health sector." The participants selected are Healthcare and Nutrition Deputy Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi and Indigenous Medicine Minister Tissa Karaliyadde. " Dr. Jayawardena had verbally requested he be selected as an observer participant. If he really would want to participate, he should have requested it in writing. Then I would have been able to consider his request" said Minister De Silva. |
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