All ambulance jobs to Sri Lankans – Indian High Commissioner
Mar 21, 2016
Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Y.K.Sinha said the proposed mobile ambulance service going to be started in Sri Lanka would consists of Sri Lankan staffs and would be managed under the health ministry.
The high commissioner visited Kandy on the 19th and made these comments joining for a media communiqué following the meeting held with the Malwatta and Asgiriya prelates.
High commissioner Y.K.Sinha made his comments regarding the Indian sponsored proposed mobile ambulance service and the Economic Cooperation and Technical Agreement (ECTA)
When journalists questioned him the high commissioner initially answered about the mobile ambulance service which has become the obstruction of many organizations.
Local staff
The high commissioner said the mobile ambulance service was a project implemented by the request of the Prime Minister Ranil Wicramasinghe and initially the service would be rendered free for the southern and western province patients.
High commissioner Y.K.Sinha who briefed about the enrollment of staffs, training and the administration, said the drivers, nurses and all additional medical staffs would be Sri Lankans.
The enrolled Sri Lankan staffs would be trained in Hyderabad and deployed in service and the Indian staff joined would be limited to monitoring and reviewing the nursing homes, said the high commissioner.
Free service
The high commissioner said this mobile ambulance service which is successfully implemented in 17 states in India has been praised by the Harvard University. He also said as a first step, the service would be rendered free of charge for the southern and western provinces.
High commissioner Y.K. Singha said the Indian government would donate Rs. 7.5 million US dollars to Sri Lanka for this ambulance service.
When questions were raised from the journalists about the ECTA agreement, the high commissioner said that India would like its neighboring countries to join the development road map with India which is currently developing fast.
ECTA agreement
The high commissioner said that India is reviewing the primary plan given by the Sri Lankan government about the proposed ECTA agreement urged by Prime Minister Ranil Wicramasinghe scheduled to be signed between the two countries.
He said both the countries have not started discussion about the proposed agreement because we are still in the preliminary stage. He said both the countries are mutually working together regarding this.
He said, whatever the agreement, would provide facilities for the public of both countries.
