INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Public Service United Nurses Union says that the reduction of the mandatory retirement age of nurses to 60 years may cause a number of
problems in the future.President of the union Venerable Muruththettuwe Ananda Thero stated that lowering the retirement age would further
aggravate the existing shortage of nurses.The Ministry of Health has filed a petition before the Supreme Court against the decision by the
Court of Appeal to extend the mandatory retirement age of nurses to 63 years.Accordingly, the Supreme Court issued an order on March 6th to
Health issued a circular on July 4 instructing that all nurses who have reached the age of 60 must be retired.
