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GMOA
wants CBK to intervene Stating that the Sri Lanka Medical Council is being pressurised by a group of lawyers to accept a "bogus qualification," the GMOA calls on the SLMC not to succumb to the dictates of the lawyers and strictly abide by the court order. The Supreme Court on September 23 , dismissed the two appeals filed by the Sri Lanka Medical Council seeking to set aside the Court of Appeal judgment directing the Council to recognize the MD medical degree awarded to RMOs and AMOs by the St. Petersburg State Medical Academy of Russia. The usual Medical Degree that is recognised by the SLMC has a duration of 6 years which was bypassed by the Registered Medical Officers citing the training obtained to gain registration as an RMO and their work experience. GMOA spokesman Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya said when investigations were made regarding the Russian Higher Education Institute, it was discovered the given location was a filling station with a hall on the upper floor of the building used for training. He questioned as to how training here could be deemed to be equal to proper clinical medical training gained at a Teaching Hospital affiliated to a Medical Faculty. The GMOA went on to say that it believes it would be more advisable for the SLMC to resign en masse rather than give full registration to a group of RMOs who "purportedly studied medicine for 3 years". |
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