Thursday, September 11, 2008

Over 30 000 Quacks Practicing as Doctors in Sri Lanka



There are more then 30,000 Quacks Practicing as Doctors in Sri Lanka according to the recently concluded survey Government Medical Officers Association(GMOA) Said.Sri lanka is having the highest number of Quack Doctors in the world Dr.Upul Gunasekara the Assistant Secretary of the GMOA said at a Media Briefing held today(11)..
According to the GMOA Assistant Secretary The Ministry Of Health is turned Blind Eye on this Issue even after informing on this to them and to the Legal Department and to the Police.


The majority of the Ilegal Abortions out of over one thousand Ilegal Abortions performed daily in sri lanka are done by these quacks Dr.Gunasekara stressed.These quacks are not having a basic knowledge on the medicine and due to the prescribing overdose of paracetamol by them caused parents to admitt their children to the Intensive Care Unit of the Lady Ridgway Childrens Hospital and large number of such cases reported in the past he said.


These quacks are said to be using the Registered numbers of the Doctors who passed away and the numbers of present MBBS Doctors for their practice He further added.If the Ministry Of Health is form a certain plan to catch these quacks GMOA will give their fullest support Dr.Gunasekara furher said.

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