GMOA calls off token strike in Polonnaruwa
August 22, 2013 12:28 pm
The
Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) has temporarily halted the token
strike which in the Polonnaruwa District scheduled for today (August 22).
The GMOA decided
to call a 24-hour token strike at all provincial council hospitals belonging to
the Polonnaruwa District which was to begin at 8am today.
The strike action
was to be called in demand for action to be taken against the misconduct of an
Administrative PHI belonging to the Higurakgoda Health Inspector region.
The PHI in
question was attached to the Anuradhapura Health Services Director’s Office in
view of the pending investigation on his conduct.
Despite the GMOA
reporting several cases of misconduct concerning the said PHI, the Health
Ministry has failed to submit any investigation reports on the matter.
However, the GMOA
stated that the token strike was put on hold after the Secretary of the Health
Ministry had given a written guarantee that the report on the investigation
would be submitted to the GMOA.
