INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) has actually decided to launch an island-wide strike today (12) in protest versus the
sexual attack of a female physician on duty at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital.The token strike, is scheduled to start at 8.00 a.m., and
will continue for 24 hours until 8.00 a.m
However, the GMOA has actually ensured that emergency treatment services will stay unaffected.The association even more specified that the
strike will not be implemented at childrens healthcare facilities, maternity medical facilities, kidney treatment units, the National
Institute of Mental Health, or Tri-Forces medical facilities, making sure that critical health care services continue uninterrupted.Doctors
and staff at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital started a strike last morning (11) requiring the instant arrest of the person who apparently
sexually assaulted a female medical professional at the hospitals dormitory for medical officers last night (10 )
According to Ada Derana reporter, the victim, a 32-year-old female physician, had returned to her quarters after finishing her
responsibilities that evening
and 7:00 p.m., an unidentified enemy allegedly entered the facilities, threatened her with a knife, and sexually assaulted her.The GMOA had
actually formerly called on the federal government to take instant actions to collar the suspect accountable before 8.00 a.m
today (12) and cautioned of trade union action if authorities failed to do so.Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health has actually launched a
declaration worrying the supposed sexual attack on a female medical professional of the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital.The statement further
mentions that the Ministry has actually been notified that authorities examinations are currently underway, with a number of authorities
teams being deployed to apprehend the suspect.Meanwhile, a group of officials, led by the Director of Medical Services, has actually already
been dispatched to the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital to look into the matter, it said.
