Doctors Transfers Crippled ECT -ICU And Eye Clinic Of Krapaitiya Hospital

The Emergency Trauma  Center -Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the Eye Clinic of Karapitiya Teaching Hospital  have been crippled due to the transferring  of doctors attach to these units without getting replacements according to hospital sources.Four out of Fourteen medical officers attach to Emergency Trauma Unit ICU and five anesthetists out of eight anesthetists attach to eye  clinic were transferred to other hospitals without any replacement hospital sources added.

Due to this situation the said ICU has not admitting any new patients to the unit and Eye Clinic has  crippled and  performing normal eye surgeries have been postponed.

The Vacant Director Post Has Crippled The Activities Of Anti Malaria Campaign

The activities of Anti Malaria Campaign have been crippled since 26th of September due to the   director  post been  fallen vacant   Anti Malaria Campaign sources said.

Besides  the  early retirement of   former director of the campaign Dr.Sarath Deniyage who was deceased last Friday  after retiring    from his post on 26th of September, the other most senior medical officer working at the campaign who is due to be appointed as acting director  too  left  the country  early last month for three months period paralyzing the activities of the campaign further sources added.

In addition other medical officers attach to Anti Malaria Campaign have been transferred to other hospitals or health institutions under the Annual Transfer Scheme and  there are no medical officers in the  campaign at present