Selected Government Hospitals To Provide Clinical Training
Date
3/14/2023 7:10:15 AM
(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) A committee has been formed to select suitable government hospitals to provide clinical training for Medical Students, the President's media Division said.
The suitable government hospitals will be used as teaching hospitals to provide clinical training for Medical Students enrolled at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), Dr. Neville Fernando Hospital, Lyceum Campus and other universities in Colombo, Kalutara, Gampaha, Kurunegala and Polonnaruwa.
The committee is also expected to make recommendations for the necessary developments to upgrade the hospitals identified for the provision of such training and submit a report on the findings and recommendations of the committee within a period of eight (08) weeks.
State Minister of Health Dr. Seetha Arambepola will be appointed as the Chairperson of the aforementioned Committee, while other members will include Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Health Dr. R.M. Saman Kusumsiri Ratnayake, Additional Secretary (Medical Services) of the Ministry of Health Dr. A.K.S. de Alwis, Chairman – University Grants Commission, Senior Prof. Sampath Amarathunga, Senior Consultant Surgeon Prof. Mohan de Silva, Professor in Surgery, Faculty of Medicine USJP Prof. Bawantha Gamage, Senior Consultant Orthopaedics & Trauma Surgeon Dr. Narendra Pinto, Dean , Faculty of Medicine – KDU Prof. Namal Wijesinghe, President of SLMC Prof. Vajira Dissanayake, President of the GMOA Dr. Darshana Sirisena, Executive Director, University Hospital KDU Prof. J. Balawardane and Director Nursing (Medical Service) – Ministry of Health Mrs. R.L.S. Samanmali. (Colombo Gazette)
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