GMOA to launch island-wide strike tomorrow
December 20, 2021 03:50 pm
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) says it will launch an island-wide strike from tomorrow morning (December 21).
The GMOA said the strike action, which is based on five demands, will commence from 8.00 a.m. on Tuesday.
However, doctors will continue to provide emergency treatment services uninterrupted at all hospitals across the country, the association said.
It also said that strike will not be carried out at maternity hospitals, children’s hospitals, cancer hospitals and kidney diseases treatment units.
The GMOA had launched a 24-hour strike from 8.00 a.m. this morning (20) at all hospitals and medical institutions in 05 districts in the island.
The strike is currently underway in Mannar, Trincomalee, Ratnapura, Nuwara-Eliya and Polonnaruwa districts.
The one-day strike was launched protesting against the role of the Secretary to the Ministry of Health in granting post internship appointments.
