Administrative Activities Of The Health Ministry Are Being Collapsed Due To The Foreign Tour Mania Of Higher Ministry Officials

The Administrative Activities of the Ministry Of Health ,Nutrition And Indigenous Medicine are being collapsed  at the moment  due to the absence of higher Ministry Officials who are travelling abroad frequently according to Ministry Sources.

Most of these higher officials attach to the Health Ministry are going abroad as small groups and due to this activities of most sections in the ministry have been paralyzed the sources have said."Some Higher Officers are been in abroad most of the time this year more than staying in Sri Lanka " one of the senior officers attach to the Ministry has said.

A female Deputy Director General Of Health Services who has been appointed to the planning section six months ago has went abroad 13 times this year up to now the officer has stressed.

Due to the foreign tour  mania of these Health Ministry Higher Officials sometimes its hard to find  a single officer to solve problems of the public during Public Day held on every Wednesday .

At present two Deputy Director General of Health Services and Director General Of Health Services are touring abroad.