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The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) today claimed that the CID had received several telephone calls from the Prime Minister’s Office pressuring the CID to speed up investigations against the GMOA.

GMOA Spokesman Dr. Navin de Soysa said the doctor, on whose complaint the CID initiated investigations had previously been a GMOA member and a strong supporter of a very powerful minister in the present Yahapalanaya government.

He said GMOA members were being questioned by the government in an attempt to silence them over a typographical error in a booklet published by the GMOA in 2012 regarding the setting up of a specialists' registry and the introduction of an evaluation procedure for foreign medical specialists due to the spate of 'unqualified' Indian doctors practicing in private hospitals.

The GMOA’s General Committee has decided to go ahead with the countrywide strike action unless the government took action to stop the CID from summoning its members.

“As far as we are concerned, this is not a matter for the CID. We did not think our CID was that jobless to carry out investigation into some printing mistake of an old booklet. This book was launched under the direction of the ministry of health in 2012. In future we may have to send the proofs to the CID to check for any printing mistakes,” Dr. de Soysa said.

He said the GMOA would not be discouraged by the summoning of its members or filing lawsuits against it when they point out the misdeeds in the Heath Sector. (Piyumi Fonseka)

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  • Kg Monday, 15 February 2016 09:19 PM

    "We did not think our CID was that jobless to carry out investigation into some printing mistake of an old booklet" ......we thought only we were jobless !

    Cheers Tuesday, 16 February 2016 04:44 AM

    Prime ministers office is acting on prime ministers pressure is something goes wrong he will say I did not know

    Perumal Tuesday, 16 February 2016 11:35 AM

    Is there a truth in the saying that Indian Doctors coming out of their private medical colleges are better than other doctors?

    Shana Tuesday, 16 February 2016 01:03 PM

    Sri Lanka has the best doctors for the MBBS of SL is extremely tough to get. You have to be brilliant. In India there is no quality and Indian MBBS is given from all over. No good Indian doctor will come to SL when they can earn much more in India. Only the useless ones will come.

    nj Tuesday, 16 February 2016 01:06 PM

    beginning of the end of yahapalanaya

    Maheshi Tuesday, 16 February 2016 01:13 PM

    When I see comments of DM readers on news concerning GMOA, I wonder whether those who comment ever got sick and went to a Doctor!

    Bingo Tuesday, 16 February 2016 03:14 PM

    Nop. They are bogus readers paid by rajitha and company.


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