The Deputy Director General Laboratory. services attached to. Ministry Of Health Dr Ananda Jayalal had been removed from his post with immediate effect by the Health Ministry Secretary Dr .S Munasinghe according to sources .
Deputy Director General of Health Services (Research and Training )Dr.S.K Rathnayake had been appointed to the post to cover the duties until appointing a permanent candidate for the post.
Some Health Trade unions had wrote to President Gotabaya Rajapskshe recently demanding the removal of Dr Ananda Jayalal from the post claiming he is responsible for the collapse of laboratory service in the country during corona pandamic