Specialist doctors from across the country have been summoned to the headquarters of the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) this week, for urgent discussions and decision-making in response to the proposed 2026 national budget, which has sparked widespread concern over injustices faced by medical professionals and the public health sector. Issuing a statement, the GMOA states that the budget appears to undermine Sri Lanka’s free healthcare system, pushing it from resilience to collapse. Doctors have already faced multiple salary cuts in both the current and previous budgets. The GMOA warns that these short-sighted decisions risk accelerating the brain drain of…
Budget 2026 : Specialist doctors to convene in Colombo on Friday
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