Fake Director J’Pura Hospital Removed: 17 Million Financial Fraud Taken Before The FCID
One day after Voice Against Corruption lodging a complaint against the massive scale financial fraud committed by the illegally appointed fake director of Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital Dr Susitha Senaratne yesterday, he was removed from his fake appointment today via letter, Colombo Telegraph learns reliably.
Senaratne, banned from attending even the Board Meetings of the hospital by the courts due to the illegal nature of his appointment is a political appointee and an accolate of Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Health.
Today, via a letter delivered by Dr Athula Kahandaliyanage, chairman SJGH, Susitha Senaratne, was informed that he is transferred back to Lady Ridgeway Hospital, NHSL where he will go back to being a medical officer.
Colombo Telegraph earlier exposed a mega financial fraud where Suistha Senaratne has paid Telichanneling PVT Limited nearly 18 million rupees of public money for a document digitalizing project. This fake company whose address and telephone numbers were also found to be fake, has Susitha Senaratne’s wife Ancy Senaratne as a director. Ancy Senaratne is a medical officer at the OPD of Central Hospital Maradana.
For over 4 years, the majority of the specialists of SJGH, vast majority of the nurses and other staff have been battling this corrupt political stooge. Athula Kahandaliyanage amidst mounting pressure to take action following the Government Auditor’s report exposing the massive fraud of document digitalizing project of SJGH finally subjugated to the due administrative stance regarding Susitha Senaratne.
Wasantha Samarasinghe, convener of the Voice Against Corruption has submitted all the relevant evidence pertaining to the massive financial and administrative fraud to the following investigative bodies.
1. The FCID /the Sri Lanka Police
2. Commission for the investigation of allegations of bribery or corruption
3. Presidential investigation unit
4. Presidential investigation commission
In their submission to the above mentioned bodies, Voice Against Corruption has presented the evidence on the following:
1. Administrative corruption committed by appointing a completely unqualified individual to a tertiary care hospital as director and perpetuating his appointment by illegal means.
2. Massive financial fraud committed by Susitha Senaratne in paying 18 million rupees to a company directored by his wife Ancy Senaratne and all the tender irregularities surrounding this fraud.
3. Financial and administrative frauds surrounding the purchase of a Rs 23.5 million worth incinerator by Susitha Senaratne
4. The financial fraud of Rs 55.0 million surrounding the purchase of new lifts to the hospital by Susitha Senaratne
5. Submission of false and doctored documents to the judiciary to justify his illegal appointment in violation with the regulations and the circulars of the government of Sri Lanka
6. Submission of false details and dates regarding overseas travel to the Ministry of Health and submitting false data about his professional grade and occupational details.
7. Drawing a salary of Rs 350 000 per month from Lanka Hospitals, another government enterprise “while working full time at SJGH”This submission by the Voice Against Corruption has been accepted by all the investigative bodies to which it was submitted and police and relevant units are alerted about the possible manipulations and theft of documents and their alteration/ destruction that is expected in the days to come.
