GMOA protests internship plans

COLOMBO: The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) has warned of stern action if the MBBS graduates of Jaffna Medical Faculty are confined to the North and the East with their internship placements.

In a release issued recently, the GMOA states: “Representations were made to GMOA by MBBS graduates of Jaffna Medical Faculty that there is a move to confine their internship placements to North and the East.

This is a direct violation of common merit list prepared by University Grants Commission and it is in violation of the fundamental rights of intern doctors and departmental transfer policy and circulars. This will also lead to lot of unnecessary consequences in several aspects.

As such GMOA would protest this move in strongest possible means. We request you to strictly adhere to merit order of the interns in allocation of intern places without discriminating any category.