A new Faculty of Medicine is to be established at the National School of Business Management (NSBM) under the supervision and regulations of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and the Sri Lanka Medical Council.
The Homagama Base Hospital will serve as a suitable government hospital for clinical training for the degree.
An number of 500 local and foreign students are expected to enrolled annually for the relevant degree.
The Cabinet Ministers approved the proposal presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to take over the Hospital under the purview of the Ministry of Health and upgrade it to a teaching hospital.
Furthermore, NSBM has agreed to provide necessary funds for the development of Homagama Base Hospital in accordance with the standards of medical education published by the Sri Lanka Medical Council.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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