Medical internships were granted for 278 registered medical officers following the Supreme Court's decision to lift the interim order issued on the suspension of such internships.
A dearth of medical officers were experienced in state hospitals in November last year owing to the problems pertaining to SAITM, and affected the running of 24-hour healthcare services, the Health Ministry said in a press release.
Accordingly, the Ministry claimed that it had plans of granting appointments to qualified doctors who had obtained their degrees at both local and foreign universities and also the Sri Lanka Medical College (SLMC) in February this year.
However, these appointments had to be shelved as fundamental rights petition was filed at the Supreme Court following which an interim order on issuing such internships was suspended.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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