UGC chairman refuses to counter allegations
The Island, August 29, 2011, 9:39 pm by Dasun Edirisinghe
Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) has decided to oppose the Private Medical College in Malabe which has already recruited four batches.
GMOA Assistant Secretary Dr. Sankalpa Marasinghe told The Island yesterday that they have passed a resolution to oppose it when their general committee met on Sunday.
He said that the Malabe PMC did not complete necessary requirements and Sri Lanka Medical Council too has not recognized it.
"But the University Grants Commission (UGC) recognized it recently," Dr. Marasinghe said.
He said that there is no hospital for its students to do their clinical practices, but college claimed they would build a private hospital for that purpose.
However, Dr. Marasinghe said that they have already recruited four batches and they are running without clinical practices.
The GMOA charged that the vice chancellor of the PMC is a lecturer of the Peradeniya Medical Faculty and a member of a standing committee of the UGC, he said.
"We were not surprised when UGC approved it since the VC a member of UGC standing committee," Dr. Marasinghe said adding but the SLMC is repeatedly refuse to recognize it.
UGC Chairman Prof. Gamini Samaranayake, when contacted by The Island for comment, refused to issue any statement.
He said that he will speak about it at the correct time, but this is not the time for that.
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