Sri Lanka, June 10 -- Members of the Government Physiotherapy Officers Association (GPOA) reiterated its concerns with regards to delays in recruitments, transfers of officers currently in service and the emergence of less qualified private physiotherapy practitioners at a recent media briefing.

GPOA Secretary Dinusha Lakmal said that after November 2020 the Government hasn't recruited any physiotherapy officers to its existing cadre. "As a result, physiotherapy units in certain hospitals have closed down. For instance, the physiotherapy unit at Maha Oya hospital in Ampara District has been closed down because the physiotherapy officers have migrated overseas. Therefore patients have to travel around 60-70km from Maha Oya to Ampara hos...