More doctors for Medical Centre

Facilities at the Werahera Motor Traffic Department are to be developed which would enable 10 doctors on call to check 500 applicants daily to obtain their medical certificates required in order to apply for driver's licences.

Transport Minister Kumara Welgama said that the medical centre attached to the Motor Traffic Department in Werahera, would be equipped with the latest technologies to facilitate the driving licence applicants arriving from various parts of the country to obtain their driving licences.

He said that nearly 1,000 applicants daily visit the Werahera Motor Traffic Department to obtain their driving licences with the medical certificates. As there is a shortage of doctors attached to the medical centre in the Department, one doctor has to check over 100 applicants per day and issue their medical certificates. More doctors are needed to cater to the high demand created from applicants waiting in queue daily to obtain their medical certificates.

There had been many instances where applicants have complained that the service provided by the medical centre is insufficient.

The Minister said considering these shortcomings, the department had decided to increase the numbers of doctors upto 10 at the medical centre which would enable them to check more applicants and issue more medical certificates a day. IR