All doctors attached to Colombo National Hospital have decided to launch a one day token strike on next Monday(27th) by demanding an increase of the availability,disturbance and transport allowance pay to government doctors from rs.14,000 according to the Colombo National Hospital Branch of GMOA.
This strike action is due to begin at 8 a.m on Monday and will conclude on 8 a.m next day(Tuesday) a spokesman of GMOA Colombo National Hospital Branch has said.
At present Government Doctors have received a sum of Rs.15,000 as Availability,Disturbance And Transport Allowance and GMOA is demanding on increasing that allowance to Rs.29,000 the spokesman stressed.
Meanwhile The Secretary of GMOA Dr,Chandika Epitakaduwa has said today (22) a special meeting of GMOA is scheduled to be summoned on coming Sunday (26) to take a decision on future course of action
regarding the said allowance.Addressing a press briefing held this noon he stressed that Government Doctors cannot sacrificed their personal money and vehicles anymore to attend on call treatment services in Government Hospitals .Therefore GMOA has urged the authorities to increase the allowance which also promised by present President Mahinda Rajapaksha in 2008 he stressed
Three Essential Injections and Catheter are out of stock in most of the Government Hospitals Island wide according to hospital sources. The out of stock items are Injections "Clarythromycin","Enoxaparin" and "Ranitiden" and Central Venous Catheters using for Critical Patients in ICU's and Theaters the sources said.
