Hospital Directors claim that operations at Hospital proceeded as usual, despite a strike staged by officers of health institutions including nurses and paramedics.
The Health Ministry said that it is unreasonable to organize a work stoppage holding the hapless patients to ransom, despite the positive response made to their demands.
Although a handful of opportunists attempted to paralyse the health services in this manner, reports reaching from many parts of the country said that the work stoppage had been unsuccessful. Colombo National Hospital Director Dr. Anil Jasinghe said that the services at his Hospitals were being maintained without any impediments.
Dr. Jasinghe pointed out that 90 percent of the nursing staff reported for duty today. As such there were no obstructions to the work handled by the nurses in the respective divisions. Therefore the patients did not incur any encumbrances and meet their requirements through payments.
A handful of workers had been involved in the strike at the Karapapitiya Hospital. But Hospital Director Dr. Shelton Perera said that treatment services progress satisfactorily sans any disruption.
Dr. Shelton Perera asserted that they did not experience any difficulties are they had drawn up plans needed to meet the services.
Health Superintendent of the Matale District Hospital Arjuna Tilakaratne pointed out that services at his hospital proceeded without any interruptions despite the work stoppage by a handful.
The Health Superintendent mentioned that the OPD functioned as usual. Operations were also carried out without experiencing any hindrances.
In the meantime, Health Secretary Dr. Nihal Jayatilake mentioned that the strike mooted by the workers demanding for another increase in the in the uniform, sudden accidents, overtime and communication allowances which had been hiked within the last six months, is totally unreasonable.
The Health Secretary said that while presenting the 2014 budget, the President further increased the allowances for these groups. The proposals in respect of the demands had been forwarded to the Treasury and necessary action was in progress. When granting some allowances, due consideration has to be given to the entire public sector. Staging strikes holding the patients as hostages is very unfair. He called on the strikers to give up their actions and return to work and enter into negotiations to win their demands.
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