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Sri Lanka faces severe specialist shortage as 25 leave health service each year
Daily FT
|November 13, 2025
SRI Lanka's hospitals are under mounting pressure due to an exodus of medical specialists, with about 25 leaving the country annually, according to Medical and Civil rights Doctors' Trade Union Alliance Chairman Dr. Chamal Sanjeewa.
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A report compiled by the Occupational Health Services Director Dr. Priyantha Atapattu, using data obtained through the Right to Information Act, shows that 24 specialists exited the public health service between April 2024 and April 2025.
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