Cabinet approval has been granted to use the Kalutara Teaching Hospital and the Children’s Hospital in Mount Lavinia for clinical training as part of the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Moratuwa.
The first batch of medical students enrolled to the University of Moratuwa based on the results of the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) 2019 is scheduled to commence hospital-based clinical training in July 2025.
Approval was granted previously to establish the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Moratuwa by utilizing the existing facilities of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) and the Dr. Neville Fernando Hospital for hospital-based clinical training.
However, it has been found that the utilization of Dr. Neville Fernando Hospital for clinical professor unit training has been an issue as the number of patients and the diversity
of diseases of the patients being insufficient and the dearth of specialists.
Therefore, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the joint proposal presented by the Prime Minister in her capacity as a Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational education and the Minister of Transport, Highways, Port and Civil Aviation, to
utilize the Kalutara Teaching Hospital and the Children’s Hospital in Mount Lavinia for clinical training.
Per the Cabinet approval, the two hospitals are to be used to ensure the providing of quality hospital-based clinical training to the medical students.
Approval was also granted to transfer two (2) portions of lands owned by the Sri Lanka Transport Board and Road Development Authority, located at Nagoda West Grama Niladhari Division of the Kalutara Divisional Secretariat, for the establishment of Faculty of Medicine at the University of Moratuwa. (Newswire)
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