Due to fuel not being provided to the health sector including the medical staff and the doctors as promised by the government, all hospitals and health institutions in the Galle District including the Karapitiya Hospital will operate only the essential services from Tuesday (28) and other services will not be able to continue, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said in a statement.
The four stations declared for fuel supply in the Galle District on Friday (24) issued fuel not only to health workers but also other vehicles in general, the GMOA revealed, adding that the health staff including medical officers, therefore, had to wait in queues for 12 – 14 hours, in what the Union alleged to be poor and unorganised programmes of the District Secretary and the Health Administration.
As a result, not even 20 per cent of the health staff was able to collect fuel that day, the GMOA pointed out.
In the backdrop, the health staff is unable to continue normal operations, it added.
MIAP
