Lankans offered opportunities in Singapore’s health sector

Chamikara WEERASINGHE

COLOMBO: The Government of Singapore will shortly open the doors for job opportunities in Singapore’s health sector to Sri Lankans including post- graduate training in Singaporean hospitals.

This was revealed by a team of doctors from Singapore General Hospital.

The team led by senior orthopaedic surgeon and chairman of the Medical Board, Prof. Tay Boon Keng of Singapore General Hospital, told Health and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva that the Government of Singapore is ready to open doors to Sri Lankan nurses and other health sector workers to work at leading hospitals in Singapore.

He said the Singaporean Government was prepared to give post-graduate training for Sri Lankan medical students.

The team, comprising 87 members, are now in Colombo sharing their experiences with Sri Lankan doctors, and medical staff at the Orthopaedic Surgical Units in the national hospitals, Health Ministry sources said.

Sources said the team had come to Sri Lanka on the invitation of Health and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva.

The team is reported to have agreed to train the staff of Maharagama Cancer Institute in handling modern medical equipment for surgical operations.

It has already performed several orthopaedic operations on several Sri Lankan patients and have held several lectures for local staff in national hospitals.