INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
commence from tomorrow (Jan
24).This decision has been reached after the Director General of Health Services, issuing a written notification to the Directors and Heads
of all Health Institutions, a short while ago, canceling with immediate effect the previously issued letter announcing that the payment of
the Disturbance, Availability and Transport (DAT) allowance of doctors for the month of January will be temporarily suspended.Furthermore,
the heads of the institutions have been ordered to pay the relevant allowance through a special voucher to the doctors for the month of
January, for those who do not receive the DAT allowance through the regular payroll.Accordingly, the executive committee of the GMOA
announced that the previously planned island-wide strike action would be cancelled with immediate effect
However, the GMOA also expressed their gratitude to the relevant authorities led by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who intervened in order
(23), the Director General of Health Services Dr
Asela Gunawardena had informed that the payment of the DAT allowance for doctors, which was recently increased by Rs
35,000, was temporarily suspended due to insufficient funds.In a letter to all directors of government hospitals and heads of institutions,
the Director General of Health Services states that although the necessary arrangements have been made for the payment of the said
allowance, the Treasury has not provided funds within the approved allocation limit.On January 08, the Cabinet of Ministers gave its
and laboratory technicians, pharmacists and drug compounders, midwives, Public Health Inspectors, and entomology officers launched strikes
