Saturday, 28 November 2009 15:12
(Colombo Lankapuvath November 28) –
Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva welcomed the Government Medical Officers’ Association’s (GMOA) request for the appointment of Presidential Health Investigation Commission.
A Health Ministry spokesman said yesterday (27), the Minister had accepted the urgent need for such a commission by stating that a majority of doctors holding top positions in the ministry and hospitals were members of the GMOA. In fact, 99 percent of the Hospital administrators were GMOA members.
A majority of key officials in the Health Ministry including the Health Secretary, who is the chief of the Cabinet appointed tender board tasked with supervising the purchase of drugs were members of the union.
The GMOA requested the appointment of the commission stating that substandard drugs nearing the end of their shelf life were being imported at a cost Rs. 15 billion annually.
The committee of intellectuals who made recommendations on drug requirement of quality drugs and the companies from which drugs should be purchased were lecturers who had taught GMOA members
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Dear Colleagues,
Irrespective of the out come of the committee which is going to come,one thing is quite apparent.
That is, this minister is consolidating his position well.With the black listing of a few Indian drug companies he moved a step forwards.With this committee he definitely will get his dirty hands washed off.
Thanks to some medical administrators and some consultants in the drug evaluation committees who are depending on drug reps,minister has become a super hero.(Shame on you!)
With the volatile political environment in the country this minister may not be removed even at the next cabinet reshuffle!
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