The Government Medical Officers (GMOA) today said that the medical institute set up in Malabe was not authorized by the Medical Council or the University Grants Commission (UGC) and their degrees will not be recognised.
The Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) had also recently, in a public notice, warned that the Russian degree offered by the institute set up in Malabe will not be recognized.
Vice Chairman of the GMOA, Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya addressing the media today claimed that the private medical faculty did not meet the minimum standard laid down by the SLMC and the UGC for private medical colleges.
The students who obtain degrees from the MMI do not qualify to sit the Act 16 examination held for private and foreign MBBS degree holders to get registration from the SLMC,” Dr. Padeniya said.
“We can only warn that the students who pass out at the MMI would not be able to practice in Sri Lanka,” he said.
“Any medical college in any part of the country requires a minimum standard to produce medical doctors who possesses minimum qualification and experience to practice the profession. The Malabe medical institution does not have facilities and resources to prepare medical students even with minimum practical training or experience,” Dr. Padeniya stressed.
General Secretary of the GMOA Dr. B.T.Gunasekara and Asst. Secretary Dr. C. Atapattu also spoke.
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The Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) had also recently, in a public notice, warned that the Russian degree offered by the institute set up in Malabe will not be recognized.
Vice Chairman of the GMOA, Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya addressing the media today claimed that the private medical faculty did not meet the minimum standard laid down by the SLMC and the UGC for private medical colleges.
The students who obtain degrees from the MMI do not qualify to sit the Act 16 examination held for private and foreign MBBS degree holders to get registration from the SLMC,” Dr. Padeniya said.
“We can only warn that the students who pass out at the MMI would not be able to practice in Sri Lanka,” he said.
“Any medical college in any part of the country requires a minimum standard to produce medical doctors who possesses minimum qualification and experience to practice the profession. The Malabe medical institution does not have facilities and resources to prepare medical students even with minimum practical training or experience,” Dr. Padeniya stressed.
General Secretary of the GMOA Dr. B.T.Gunasekara and Asst. Secretary Dr. C. Atapattu also spoke.
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