Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Health Ministry Secretary Appointed A Six Member Committee Including Two Senior Gynaecologists And A Community Physician To Probe On Allegations Leveled Against Dr.Safi

Health Ministry Secretary Wasantha
Perera has today (28)appointed a six Member Investigation Board headed by a Director Of Ministry Of Health Dr.Anil Samaranayake to investigate on the arrest of Senior Doctor on Gynaecology and obsertrics section of the Kurunagala Teaching Hospital Seigu Siyabdeen Mohommad Safi (42)and the allegations levelled against him on illegal sterilisation after CeaserIan Operations.

The Six member Investigation Board comprising of Dr.Anil Samaranayake (Oresident),Retired professor Senior Gynaecologist(Vog) Lakshman Senanayake ,Senior Gynacogist Dr.U.D.P Ratnasiri,Community Physician attached to Family Health Bureau Dr.Sanjeewa Godakandage ,Director of Health Ministry L.A Basnayaka and senior Investigation officer of the Ministry S.L Gunasekare it has been revealed .

Health Secrerary had advised the Investigation Board to hand over her the interim report of the investigations carried out regarding Dr.safi within one week and the full investigation report with statements and analysis in one month period. ..

Health Secretary has also instructed the Sri Lanka Medical Council to begin an independent inquiry against the Dr. safi.

A separate investigation is underway regarding an allegation levelled against the doctor on changing a bed ticket of a mother in Kurunagala Teaching Hospital to hand over her baby to another faction.

Meanwhile all Branch unions of Health Department in Kurunagala Hospital have today formed an Organization joint Kurunagala Hospital Protection Organization and hand over a letter to the hospital Director that their unions will avoid giving statements to the newly appointed Investigation board.They have launched a protest against the investigation board Infront of the Kurunagala Hospital with the participation of residents of the area ,Buddhist Monks and some mothers.

A Harthal has been launches by business community in Kurunagala today demanding authorities to hold an urgent inquiry over the allegations leveled against a Dr. Safi.

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