ডাক্তারদের মন্ত্রনালয় ডাক্তারদের হাতেই দিন : শ্রীলঙ্কায় এমনটা করে বিশ্বমানের স্বাস্থসেবা

আহির ফাহিয়ান বুবকা
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ডাক্তার সমাজে জোর দাবি ক্রমশ আকাশ চুম্বি হচ্ছে , তা হল ,স্বাস্থ্য মন্ত্রনালয় অাগাগোড়াই ডাক্তার পেশাজীবীদের হাতে থাক।
তাতে করে দেশের স্বাস্থ্য সেক্টর আরও গতিশীল ও সেবামুখী হবে।

শ্রী লঙ্কাকে নজীর ধরে অনেকেই বলছেন, শ্রীলংকার আদলে চাই স্বাস্থ্যমন্ত্রক।
মন্ত্রনালয় , অধিদপ্তরে সব পদে চাই ডাক্তার পেশাজীবী।
সব নির্বাহী ও পরিচালনা পদে এম বি বি এস বেসিক এবং পোস্ট গ্রাজুয়েশন যোগ্যতা ধরে পদোন্নতি দিতে হবে।

ডাক্তারদের সুখ দু:খ ও রোগীদের সার্বিক কল্যান ডাক্তারদের মাধ্যমেই একমাত্র বাস্তবায়ন সম্ভব। শ্রী লংকার লোকসেবী সরকার সেটা করে দুর্দান্ত সুফল পেয়েছে।

সেখানকার স্বাস্থ্যমন্ত্রক আগাগোড়া ডাক্তার দিয়ে সাজিয়ে বিশ্বমানের স্বাস্থ্য সেবা নিশ্চিত করা হয়েছে।

শ্রী লঙ্কার Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine হলেন ডা. রাজিথা।

যদিও
শ্রী লঙ্কার আরেক স্বাস্থ্যমন্ত্রী মাইতীপালা সিরিসেনা একজন কৃৃষিবিদ। তিনি কৃষি মন্ত্রকের দায়িত্বেও ছিলেন।

উইকিপিডিয়া থেকে ডা. রাজিথার জীবনী।
Rajitha Senaratne

Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine from September 2015.

Nambukara Helambage Rajitha Harischandra Senaratne (born 29 May 1950) is a Sri Lankan dentist, politician, Member of Parliament and cabinet minister.

Senaratne was born 29 May 1950.[1] He was the son of N. H. D. A. Senaratne and D. W. B. Senaratne.[2] He was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo and Ananda College.[3][4][5] After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya in 1971, graduating from its successor, the University of Sri Lanka Peradeniya campus, in 1974 with a degree in dentistry.[3][6] Whilst at university he was president of the student wing of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).[7][8][a]

Senaratne is married to dentist Sujatha.[4][7] They have two sons - Chathura and Eksath.[9][10][11]
Career

Senaratne became involved in leftist politics whilst serving as general-secretary of the Government Dentists’ Association/Government Dental Surgeons Association between 1975 and 1989.[3][6] He was very critical of the Jayewardene government and its policies.[6] When film actor Vijaya Kumaratunga left the SLFP and founded the Sri Lanka People's Party (Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya) (SLPP) in the early 1980s Senaratne joined the newly formed party.[6][7] The SLPP became a target of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) during its second insurrection.[6] Senaratne was critical of the JVP's violence and "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" policy and became a target of the JVP.[6] On 17 October 1988 the JVP attacked an election rally for SLPP presidential candidate Ossie Abeygunasekera at Grandpass in Colombo, killing three.[12] Senaratne sustained injuries in the attack which left two pieces of shrapnel in his skull.[6]

In 1988 the Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL), Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), Nava Sama Samaja Party and SLPP formed the United Socialist Alliance (USA).[13] Senaratne was one of the USA's candidates at the 1988 provincial council election and was elected to the Western Provincial Council.[6][8] He was one of the USA's candidates in Colombo District at the 1989 parliamentary election but the USA failed to win any seats in the district.[14][15]

Abeygunasekera, who had taken over leadership of the SLPP following the assassination of Kumaratunga in February 1988, started moving the SLPP towards the governing United National Party (UNP).[7][8] Kumaratunga's widow Chandrika Kumaratunga was expelled from the SLPP.[7] Senaratne and other Chandrika loyalists formed the People's Freedom Front (Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna) (PFF).[7][8] Chandrika Kumaratunga was the PFF's leader whilst Senaratne was its general-secretary.[16] Chandrika Kumaratunga rejoined the SLFP later.[16]

When the PFF and SLPP formed the SLFP dominated People's Alliance (PA) Senaratne joined the UNP on the invitation of president D. B. Wijetunga and was appointed a UNP National List MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament in 1994.[6][16][17][18] Senaratne became a vocal critic of Chandrika Kumaratunga, who had been elected president in November 1994, and her PA government.[19] On 31 March 2000 the Court of Appeal upheld a petition against Senaratne, ruling that he was disqualified from sitting or voting in Parliament as he had done business with state institutions.[19][20] The petition had been brought by deputy minister Dilan Perera who had been represented in court by lawyer Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.[21] Using a legal loophole the UNP re-appointed Senaratne to the vacant National List seat cause by his unseating.[6][18]

Senaratne was one of the UNP's candidates in Kalutara District at the 2000 parliamentary election. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[22] He was re-elected at the 2001 parliamentary election as a United National Front (UNF) candidate.[23] The UNF defeated the PA at the election after which Senaratne was appointed Project Minister of Land.[24][25] Senaratne contested the 2004 parliamentary election as one of the UNF's candidates in Kalutara District. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[26] He however lost his ministerial position after the UNF was defeated by the newly formed United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).

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