New Committee Appointed by President to Implement SAITM Proposals

New Committee Appointed by President to Implement SAITM Proposals

President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed a new nine member committee Chaired by Deputy Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva to implement the recommendations of the committee previously appointed on the SAITM issue and to consider other issues, which have been highlighted.
The new committee will be comprised of all relevant parties including the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) and the university student unions, who will  be invited  to serve as observers.
A statement issued by the Presidential Secretariat today (6) stated that the previous committee appointed by the President, which was also chaired by Harsha de Silva, had put forward several acceptable proposals to resolve the issue.
However, various sections had proposed that further discussion were required to make  those proposals acceptable  by medical students, university teachers and the parents of medical students.