JVP: 300 doctors who completed internship have not accepted appointments

Three hundred out of 1,400 medical graduates who completed internship in April this year had not accepted appointments as doctors here, former JVP MP Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said at a seminar in Colombo recently.

Dr. Jayatissa said some medical graduates from local universities had not even completed internship.

Around 1,700 medical doctors have left the service last year or so and 748 doctors will be retiring next month, he said.

“While some doctors are retiring, the ones who go for overseas training are not returning. The healthcare system is on the verge of collapse due to the shortage of trained staff and medicine.