The Government Medical Faculty Students’ Parents Association has decided to call off the fast unto death campaign launched over the SAITM issue after discussion held with Deputy Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva.
The parents of medical students, who were engaged in the fast-unto-death in Colombo since Monday (6) demanding that the government shuts down the private medical college in Malabe, held special talks with the deputy minister this evening.
The meeting was the result of discussions held yesterday with officials of the Presidential Secretariat.
On Monday, President Maithripala Sirisena appointed a new committee chaired by Deputy Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva to implement the recommendations of the committee previously appointed on the SAITM issue and to consider other issues which have been highlighted.
Delivering a special statement in Parliament today (8), the deputy minister said that steps will be taken to abolish the private medical college by December 31, 2017.
He stated that enrolling medical students to SAITM will be halted and that the decision which will be taken with regard to the students currently registered with the college will be announced in the near future.
