Government Hospitals are currently experiencing a severe shortage of Anaesthesiologists and Intensivists (Specialist Doctors attached to Intensive Care Units) and as a result surgeries are performed in hospitals with great difficulty according to the President of The Collage Of Anaesthesiologists And Intensivists Dr.Krishantha Indraratne .
The total number of Anaesthesiologists and Intensivists needed for Government Hospitals is around 300 but at present less than half of that number around 130 are available in Government Hospitals he has stressed.
Due to the shortage of Anaesthesiologists and Intensivists around 410 doctors from various grades providing Anaesthesia during surgeries at present which is an unsatisfactory situation the president of the Collage Of Anaesthesiologists and Intensivists of Sri Lanka has revealed during a press briefing held in Colombo today (20).
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