The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has announced a nationwide one-day token strike in protest against the brutal sexual assault that took place on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital on the night of March 10, 2025.
The GMOA’s Executive Committee has decided to commence the strike on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from 8:00 AM, and it will continue uninterrupted across all hospitals in the country until 8:00 AM on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
Emergency treatment services will not be disrupted, and necessary measures will be taken to ensure uninterrupted care for critical patients.
However, the strike will not apply to children’s hospitals, maternity hospitals, kidney treatment units, the National Institute of Mental Health, and military hospitals. (NewsWire)
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