Breaking the silence?

Basically I could not find enough time to "word" my feelings. But even after my tiring daily schedule, I decided to divert my kids away (their mother is working at a teaching hospital in East,so they heavily depend on me)as well and madeup my mind to spend some time on “self expression”.
I also had a doubt whether it is ethical for me to express myself in my personal blog while holding a post in the GMOA ex co.
But later due to the “huge” number of face book comments of people who were waiting to see “fireworks”, I decided to start my dialog again!

Eg-
මං මේ නිකමට වගේ අහන්නෙ, අපේ GMOA එකට තාම මේ TELPHON ALAWANSE එක දිනාගන්ඩ බැරි වෙලත් ඒකට ACTION එකක් ගන්නේ නැත්තේ ඇයි???????? අපේ GMOA එකට නැත්තේ TESTESTERONද;THYROXINද; ADRENALINද; නර්ස්ලා උන්ට නැතුව අපට විතරක් එකක් දැම්ම කියලත් ACTION එකක් ගන්ඩලු යන්නේ; අපේ උන්ට CIRCULAR තිබිලත් ගන්ඩ පන නැ; ඉතින් මුන්ට මොනාහරි අඩු නැත්තන් දෙන දේ කාල වෙන දෙයක් වෙනකන් නිකංම ඉඳියිද??? ආ නිකං නෑනේ; කයිවාරුව තියෙනවා; මොහොතක් සිතන්න; අපේ එකට මොනාද DEFICIENT???????????

Who are this critics? Are they genuine?Is'nt there any basis behind their comments?What do you think ?

let's analyse it next.....!

Corrupted Old machine and high Expectations-How to bring both ends meet together?

As I have highlighted in the previous post, the team led by Dr Padeniya had a clear mandate over the influential opposition.

If somebody asks a doctor the reason for voting Dr Padeniya ,that doctor will definitely come out with a series of answers, starting from preservation of the dignity of the medical profession ,to keeping the GMOA apolitical, to give a leadership which respects membership and the principles of democracy, to get a better salary and achieve better standards of living…………..The list will go on….

We started the week bearing all these in our mind. First thing was “pirith” chanting.
As the day passed we understood that many of our files and data bases have been deleted from the computers by the computer operators.
Then they announced that they have decided to resign and go……Then they left.
By the evening we had to change the door locks and cupboard locks, since the keys have not been handed over on time.
Web site remains defunct….since nobody knows how to access.

Many more to tell …but one thing I can tell you for sure is that this old “office machine” is too corrupted. At least some of the workers employed there with memberships’ money resist the advent of the new regime.

The current status is such, but we promise you to overcome these obstacles sooner or later.

After this regular Executive Committee meetings will be conducted on every Thursday at 12 noon.

Next Ex Co meeting will be on - 28 /06/2011
Next General Committee meeting will be on 10/07/2011(Sunday at 10 am)

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GMOA Election

GMOA ELECTION 2011/2012
Final Result

President........................Postal Votes........In-person Votes.....Total
Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya...............196.................2881............3077
Dr. Premarathna.......................01..................25...............26
Dr.V Senarathna......................767.................476.............1248

Vice presidents
Dr. Balawardhana.....................777.................555.............1332
Dr. Perera...........................768.................495.............1263
Dr. Saman Karunathilaka..............186................2654.............2840
Dr. Saman Wadanamby..................172................2678.............2850

Secretary
Dr. Bellana...........................02..................55...............57
Dr. Chandika Epitakaduwa.............173................2685.............2858
Dr. Bimantha Gunasekara..............776.................529.............1305

Assistant Secretaries
Dr. Nalin Ariyarathne................187................2621.............2808
Dr. Attapattu.........................87.................373.............1360
Dr. Edirisinghe......................766.................473.............1239
Dr. Upul Gunasekara..................180................2660.............2840
Dr. Chaminda Peris Gunathilake.......181................2541.............2722
Dr. Sajeewa Sankalpa Marasinghe......178................2521.............2699
Dr. Wijegunarathna...................757.................388.............1145
Dr. Pushpitha Ubesiri................763.................528.............1291

Editor
Dr. Parakrama Warnasuriya............190................2673.............2863
Dr. Ariyarathna......................761.................512.............1273

Assistant Editor
Dr. Tharaka Fernando.................188................2677.............2865
Dr. Jagoda...........................765................468.............1233

Treasurer
Dr. Dushantha Milroy.................160................2682.............2842
Dr. Shivapriyan......................770.................492.............1262

GENERAL COMMITTEE (ELECTED)-Padeniya Team

Dr. Munasinghe Dissanayakage Ajith 2870
Dr. Samantha Kumarasiri Ananda 2827
Dr. Mohomad Shehan Azeez 2666
Dr. Kanchana N Bandara Bulankulama 2689
Dr. Kelum Thushara Dhammika 2571
Dr. Mohomed Razik Mohomed Huseir 2540
Dr. Thamara Ilangasinghe 2626
Dr. Kapilasiri Jayarathne 2610
Dr. Lasantha Dhaminda Jinadasa 2583
Dr. Sumanasiri Hewa Kolambage 2578
Dr. Damitha Yasantha Piyadigama 2450
Dr. Ashantha Lakmal Ranasinghe 2573
Dr. Balakrishnan Sainirangan 2564
Dr. D T Deemantha De Silva 2204
Dr. Nath Wijesooriya 2597

The influx of voters was fantastic through out the day!
They were waiting impatiently outside even before commencement of voting.
Dr Vajira Senaratne was able to secure 80% of postal votes while Dr Padeniya was able to get 86% of in-person voting.
Many have various explanations to this significant difference!

Our sincere thanks goes to those who voted, making the concept of democracy meaningful amidst of various threats.Dear Colleagues,We promise to be apolitical throughout and to represent your views all the time.

Long Live GMOA!

“Patch work “is their passion, Fashion is their Life -Medical Service Minute and the future of the Government Medical officer

As I have already highlighted in several posts GMOA is facing the toughest time in her history.
Lack of democracy has been the norm and instead of finishing a job properly and completely,doing patch work in the eve of an election has become the fashion.

This story of Medical Service Minute runs back to 2006, it was the time of PA 2006/06 circular when the science was first applied in to salary structuring. National wage policy which was pioneered by Dr.Padeniya opened a new window for the future grade promotions of all the categories.Except our profession all the others took the maximum benefit out of it by amending their service minutes

http://www.pubad.gov.lk/circulars/2006/E/06-2006(e).pdf

The following are the clauses mentioned in the said circular on grade promotions.
4.2.1 Fast Track for Exceptional Performer
The exceptional performer will earn his first promotion at the end of sixth year after recruitment based on the results of:
a. a competitive examination held for the purpose or a similar selection process;
b. performance appraisal judged through a structured and objective appraisal procedure with an
appropriate degree of transparency

Annexure II -7
This category of promotees who earn their first promotion through the fast track will earn the benefit of 5 additional increments at this stage, which means that the employee will be placed at the initial step of the respective layer applicable to the promotional grade, within the salary scale applicable to the service. Employees promoted under this stream will be entitled to the next promotions at the end of periods of defined duration.

4.2.2. Average Performer - Promotional Stream
Employees whose performance is judged to be average at the process of appraisal stated above will be promoted at the end of the 10th year from recruitment and will earn the benefit of one additional increment. The promotions thereafter of this category will be provided in the same manner as in the case of the fast track, at the end of periods of defined duration.

4.3 The need to develop an objective, meaningful, effective and transparent scheme of performance appraisal for all categories of employees is reiterated. Similarly the implementation of the provision in this circular may call for the amendment of the existing service minutes and the formulation of Service Minutes in respect of those categories where no Service Minutes are available.

Let me recap a fact mentioned in the 2006/06 circular.

“The need to develop an objective, meaningful, effective and transparent scheme of performance appraisal for all categories of employees is reiterated.”

When amendment of Service minute is concerned

1. Amendments cannot be done every fortnight.
2. When an amendment is done it has to be objective, meaningful, effective and transparent.
3. Since the scheme which had been suggested by PA2006/06 circular is 5 years old(out dated?) just obtaining what has been already spelt in that circular may be far away from optimum.Instead newer concepts need to be brought in.

But,the current Ex Co purposefully obstructed the process of making a proper proposal for medical service amendment by,refusing to organize a workshop on this regard despite various requests by the General Committee.

Hence any hasty process of “getting something out” or “patch work” by the Ex Co will have to be taken up as an act of sabotage when medical profession is concerned!

GMOA TEAM led by Dr.Padeniya

How is the election campaign now?

According to reliable information we got from our membership island wide, the present Ex Co is extremely unhappy about the very poor attendance recorded at their election meetings. They have compared them with the attendance of Dr Padeniya’s meetings. Their extreme concern was towards their Hambanthota meeting which was conducted soon after their opponent party’s meeting which ended up with empty chairs.
Upon analyzing the situation, they have found out the following reasons for their drawbacks,

1. The fact that they do not have anything to present as of their own, which they have done during the last 2-3 years (in the absence of Dr.Padeniya.)
2. Members not being interested in listening to the same old stuff which they have been telling for ages.
3. Widespread suspicion on their “apolitical “nature.
4. Lack of New faces joining their election campaign.
5. Member’s suspicion on their mode of transport (Aerial route?), and the relevant funding.

So a person who believes him to be the “Master Mind “, had come up with a “Brilliant Idea”-That is to ask for open Debates with the other party.

But everybody knows that debates end up in a state of dilemma, where listeners get confused at the end. But this also will be a great achievement for them since they have got no popularity to lose.

Last minute Bonanza

A SMS Says, “Present ex co achieved…40000 thousand housing allowance for all doctors and 60000 thousand for consultants, Vote for present Ex Co to do further ……

Keep your eyes open wide
Annual election on it’s way
Many more miracles-yet to come
No time left for you to sway

We are shaking a tree of wealth
Allowance, cock tail dinner dance
Revised OT, Car permit
On your day of retirement

Comfy vehicle good to health
Will be there to get your vote
Appealing smiles of Ex Co
Which have been never before?

This is a moment- one would get
Only once, in a life time
Remember your days, they’ve eaten
Do not give, them any chance!

Birds of same feather......

Here appears responses of two eminent individuals in the health sector to two different mistakes they have done.

1.Secretary to the Ministry of Health

Treasury circular


wrong Interpretation of the circular by Secretary Health



Secretary Health was unable to identify “Officers in similar status”. Hence he
1.Degraded the Specialist medical officers (who were in category 2 with the DG in the previous circular) to category to 4 of the above circular.
2.Most incorrectly excluded the medical officers from the telecom circular.

Trade union pressure of the Kandy Branch Union was needed to correct this.

2.Secretary-GMOA

Circular of Secretary Health (New telecom. circular)


Interpretation of our Secretary GMOA


Secretary GMOA is unable to understand the “minimum” and “maximum” limits of the circular for each category.

Hence he says that,(http://www.gmoa.lk/images/uploaded/1842904715.pdf)

I. Lower limit of the allowance for medical officers as Rs 6000/=
II. Upper limit of the allowance for medical officers as Rs 12500/=

You may have very well understood that this interpretation is absolutely wrong! It needs to be corrected as
I. Upper limit of the allowance for medical officers as Rs 6000/=
II. Upper limit of the allowance for the specialist medical officers as Rs 12500/=

Why are we highlighting that point this much?

1.Firstly,Our members can be misled by wrong information.
2.Most importantly this small event reflects the true nature of the current Ex Co.

It was requested(in public)from the current Ex Co to correct this error in the GMOA web site.It was just to prevent our ordinary members from being misled.
But unfortunately,the person who drafted this letter was not humble enough admit his fault.Instead of correcting this error, he challenged the English knowledge of the person who pointed it out!

It is a human nature to make mistakes,but we must be humble enough to correct them (at least)when pointed out if we are hoping to represent somebody.

YOU DECIDE !

True Trade Union Leader ?

Today instead of talking about principals, many disfiguring SMSs are seen to be circulated?
“Elect Padeniya! His secretary candidate does not even qualify to lead a funeral society, vote 4 Dr Padeniya -his one man show will make change for GMOA, for the worse! This is the SMS circulated from mobile- 0770559669
This raises the question “Who is the Perfect Trade Union leader?”
It is not that difficult to assess!

THESE ARE THE BASIC PRINCIPLES TO FOLLOW,

Disqualify him if he is known to…..
-Work full time in the private sector abusing trade union power.
-Allow illegal transfers, violating the merit orders of members.
-Node his head in response to political pressure.
-Use political power and power of other means to suppress branch union and their members.

The true trade union leader should.

Have complete trust on the membership
A trade union leader should firstly, secondly and thirdly have trust on the membership and their strength. One who believes on the politicians is not a true leader but an imposter.

Be honest at all times
One who lies as a habit and continues to lie to the members will not understand the growing distrust among the members with each lie he utters.

Have Work experience at grass root level of the GMOA
experience in working at various levels of our branch union structure( hospital branch unions, district branch unions and general committee post). One who had been directly parachuted to the ex co by passing these steps does not know the value of holding regular general committee meetings and issuing correct minutes. The word democracy will not mean anything to him. He will pretend listening to you but will act according to his own whims and fancies.

Have real life experience
A trade union leader should ideally he be a person who depends mostly on the government salary. Then only he will realize the difficulty of managing the daily life of a doctor with the poor salary given. One with an income of 3-4 laks or several millions of rupees per month will not feel your difficulties.

Be an example to others
He should be a person who is actively working in the government sector; a person who has not worked a single day for the last 3 years is less likely to know much about the difficulties of the common doctor.24 hour OPD will not matter him as far as he is not affected.

Disregard the following

Expensive luxurious vehicle used
Expensive attire
Ultra modern mobile phone(because usually uncontactable to the members)

Carrots, Toffees and lollipops!

During the colonial era the doctor was equal in position with the Governor!

The common addressed him with respect -“Dosthara Hamuduruwo”
As time passed, this term was gradually replaced by “Dosthara Mahattaya”.
The deterioration did not stop at that point. “Dosthara Mahattaya” soon became “Dosthara”.
This transition in the nomenclature tells us a big story about deterioration of the position of the doctor in the society.

Many threats/challenges seem to be emerging.
1.Poor salary and its Taxation, Lack of an allowance policy and lack of privileges for the doctors.
2.Lack of an organizational structure-In which the clinical governance is taken in to consideration. New posts where paramedics have created in order to glorify themselves seem to be threatening the authority of the medical officers.
Nursing DDG, Ward Manager, Quality Manager (Lab) are only a few examples.
3.Being unable to establish an acceptable promotion scheme for the doctors has lead to stagnation in the same grade for many years.
4.Being unable to acquire additional educational qualifications. This has made the medical officer vulnerable to paramedical degree and post graduate degree programs.CME (Continuous Medical Education) is a dying need of the day.
5.Lack of an intermediate carder where acquired skills and experience of the doctors are taken in to account.
6.Lack of an internal quality control/Auditing system within the medical profession. This is directly linked with the deterioration in self satisfaction.
7.Medical litigation, adverse press publicity, Political influences, lack of a welfare structure and CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement) with India.

I have pointed out only a few, there are many more to be added.
All these have made the working environment of the medical officer unhealthy and unsatisfactory.
They need to be addressed by, taking the medical service as a whole.
A Leader with a good Vision is a prerequisite.

Carrots, Toffees or lollipops on the eve of an election will not serve the purpose.

Vote for Dr.Padeniya and Team.

Next possible theft of intellectual property by the current Ex Co !

What is that? That is the “The well known 21,000 transport allowance”


A transport allowance worth of 21,000 was recommended by the Ministry of health to the treasury in 2008.


Due to the war situation in the country we got only a 100% increase. This elevated the DAT allowance (Disturbance, Availability and Transport) from 5000 to 10,000.This was spearheaded by Dr.Padeniya as the secretary GMOA.


In the absence of Dr Padeniya,No effort (appreciable) was made during the years 2009,2010 or 2011 to acquire what has already been “recommended” despite the end of the war and increase in the percapita income of the country.

The reason is obvious to many!

But, due to the growing pressure among the doctors for an urgent revision in the transport allowance the chances of getting the remaining 11,000 are good.

After a long sleep of many years, the Ex Co will come forward tomorrow and tell that,

“The executive committee has been successful in negotiating the transport allowance for the entire membership of the GMOA…”
On that day remember, what they have really done was delaying it….

When calculated with the 25% increase given with the budget, you are losing Rs 14,000/= each month!

NEW CIRCULAR....AND THE WAR OF CLAIMING UNDUE CREDIT

As pointed out earlier,Sec Health has taken measures revert the circular and include the Specialist Medical Officers at their due place.

Sec Health had no other option other than including Medical Officers also in to the circular because
*all other Parallel categories(Eng.,Low officers) already have been included in to the circular by the treasury Sec.
*Trade union pressure exerted by kandy branch union and the turbulance expected to be generated if medical officers are neglected further.



While the Sec Health is correcting his blunders Our Sec GMOA seems to be going in to deeper trouble in his effort of claiming undue credit.



1.Our Sec GMOA thinks that the achivements are made as a result of the MIGHTY EX CO and disregards the General committee and it's contribution.(No wonder this is what should be expected)

2.In the above letter he most incorrectly says "The medical officers are entitled to a minimum of Rs 6000/= per month to a maximum of Rs 12,500/= according to above circular....."

This shows his ability in interpriting even a simple Circular issued by Sec Health.while the conditions are such he further tries to convince others that they are the pineors in getting this allowance for the doctors.

Read the above letter very carefully and learn the quality and reliability of GMOA documents.
Sec GMOA does not seem to feel shy to put his signature to low quality documents containing wrong information.
This is why GMOA is disregarded and not respected today at most of the forums.

Please remember-One who does not respect his own signature will not respect the membership.

You decide !
GMOA ELECTION ON 25 TH JUNE !
Closing date for the postal votes 24 th May !!

"Failed Ex Co" aims at claiming credit on the courage of the Kandy Branch Union

Fig 1


As highlighted in a previous post ,
This is the erroneously interpreted (by Sec health) telephone allowance circular by the Sec. Health.
This circular degrades the Consultant's position and totally ignores the Grade Medical Officers!

Fig 2

GMOA/SH/2010
15/11/2010
Dr.RavindraRuberu
Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Colombo.

Dear Sir,

Re : Official Communication Facilities for Public Servants

This is further to the Ministry of Finance and planning circular No. PF/FS/05(viii), dated 2010/09/01 on the above subject. (Annexure 01)

GMOA appreciates the fact that the Official Telephone, Residential Phone, Mobile Phone and the Internet Facility Bills are included for the above allowance.

Accordingly the Consultant Medical Officers serving the Ministry of Health should be allocated Rs. 12,500/- per month, the Directors and RDHS of the Ministry of Health Rs. 8,000/-, per month and Deputy Directors / Senior Medical Officers Rs. 6,000/- per month.

Hence, we request you to issue the specific directives to the relevant paying authorities mentioning the specific amount payable to the consultant and other grade medical officers.

Thank you,

Yours faithfully,


Dr. B T Gunasekara
Secretary


Then this was followed by a long sleep of 3 1/2 months till the receipt of the letter from Kandy Branch union.

Fig 3




Fig 4 shows the mysterious letter of the Sec GMOA which happened to have the same date!



Then comes the cancellation of the wrong circular!
Fig 5


Soon the correct circular will appear reinstating the consultants at their due place(Rs 12500/=) and including the grade medical officers (Rs6000/=)

The long sleep of Sec GMOA has cost grade medical officers more than Rs 40000/= each !

But Tomorrow he will come out and tell you that they win an allowance worth of Rs 6000/= for you!
But remember that it was the hard labour of Kandy branch union who appeared on behalf of you !
What he had done was depriving 40000/= from you for the last 7 months!

Sri Lanka university teachers firm on decision to vacate academic posts tomorrow

Sun, May 8, 2011, 12:23 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.


University teachers of Sri Lanka are firm in their decision to resign from the academic posts they hold from tomorrow, university sources say.

The Federation of University Teachers' Association (FUTA) has announced that they will abandon their academic posts with effect from Monday.

They cite this as a preliminary step towards a possible general strike, if the government fails to meet their demands.

However, rejecting the university teachers' action, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a circular, saying university teachers needed to give notice three months ahead of resignation.

The FUTA has also warned to boycott evaluation of the answer scripts of this year's GCE Advanced Level examination that is to be held in August if the salary issue was not sorted out by then.

Higher Education Ministry Secretary Dr. Sunil Navaratne has said that school teachers would be used to replace university teachers to evaluate A/level answer scripts if they resorted to union action.

However, some teachers' trade unions have also pledged support to the move of the university teachers.
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Dear Collegues,
I can not help congratulating the university teachers on their collective effort for a better salary.
Irrespective of the outcome This is all about backbone !

Who is responsible for crippling the GMOA ?

Year 2011 will be marked in bold letters in the history of GMOA as the year which the secretary himself has accepted his impotence and inefficiency in public !



Do you know that the medical service minute has been amended 7 months back,

1.This has been done by a union other than the GMOA which has a very small membership(250).

2.The GMOA- which is said to be the strongest union in south east Asia with a membership of 14000 has been totally disregarded by the ministry of health.

3.GMOA EX Co which is supposed to be the guardian of the medical profession had been ignorant on the developments of the medical profession.

Why did this happen to us! Who put us to this state ?

Is he the Secretory Health ! NO

Think for a moment !

He is non other than our own GMOA secretary(and his advisers)

Do you like to continue this unfortunate state of affairs !

DATE OF GMOA Election 25 th JUNE !

You decide !

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEGGING AND TRADE UNIONISM

At present GMOA is having almost 100 branch Unions Island wide.
"Thanks" to the current EX CO, many are inactive at the moment.

Many are not having branch presidents, or branch secretary has gone on transfer orders.
Many branches have been “expired” (Office bearers are more than 1 year old).
In some no regular branch union meetings are held.
In some the branch officials are very unpopular so as the current ex co and members, due to their personal agendas and members are not participating for their activities.
Some branches have been infested with “ACGMOA” and “AMS”.

The current ex co facilitates this situation by various means ,in a few branches the branch Secretaries act as spies to report the “Anti ex co” movements of the members to the ex co.

Due to this weakening process, some members seem not to know the difference between a beggar and a trade union leader because both parties do the same. That is “asking for more”
A beggar will beg, (ask for more) and get” something” for himself.
A trade union leader will demand (ask for more) and get what is due for the profession.

EX CO TACTICS !

These are the slogans of the ex co remnant !


1
“We came uncontested; I have given everything the membership needed. They were happy and contented until (Dr Padeniya’s) your arrival. You are the one who went right around the country creating unnecessary problems".

Answer-This statement shows their immaturity and ignorance on the “burning” nature of membership issues. What Dr.Padeniya did was just surfacing them.

2
"An independent team also will come".

Answer-As a concept -Many contestants, contesting at the election is healthy for the democracy, but such a team winning the election is remote. But more chance is there for such a team to split the “anti ex co “votes and indirectly support the ruling party.

3
This is the SMS that was circulated with the blessings of the EX CO
“Awaits-not the best, but better combined team to avoid/prevent 3rd class politics come into the election. Some are already willing to step down to safeguard the gmoa and to rest a bit. This is a good trend”.

Answer-These people who are willing to step down now, should have done it many months back. Any sort of Combinations with people who have violated the constitution is a betrayal of the membership. This has to be rejected in Toto.

4
"Let’s go for a interim committee to address the needs of the membership. Then either party can help them. This is the “best way out”

Answer-This was what the members thought many months back in order to find solutions to their problems. It did not turn out to be a reality .Now the time has passed and we do not need it any further.
Sarcastically, this is what the present regime wants at the moment as their last resort. They would be more than happy to go for an interim committee in order to “bury” their dark smelly past.

Hence do you know the single responsible answer for all these slogans? nonsense !

Why was Dr.Padeniya "Kicked off "from GMOA Ex Co !

There are some individual who criticise the behaviour of Dr.Padeniya within the present Ex Co.
Their main argument is that Dr.Padeniya went around the country criticising the activities of the present ex co.But any body who had listened to Dr.Padeniya knows that everything he said was about THE SALARY,ALLOWANCES AND OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE(WD manager,service minutes etc).There was nothing personal.

This time as a result of two requests shown below,Dr.Padeniya has been "Kicked off" from the Ex CO,giving the Ex Co a escape route.

Reason given was "being unable to attend 3 consecutive EX CO meetings".Please note one of the request itself is to hold regular general committee and ex co meetings. and there were no ex co meeting in most of the weeks.

Letter 1.

Letter 2

LETTER 3.
The decision to"Kick Off" Dr.Padeniya came followed the 2 nd letter-which asks for a general body meeting!.


This made the Ex Co to escape from holding the general body meeting !


WHY DOES THE CURRENT RULING PARTY IN THE EX CO FEAR THIS MUCH TO HOLD A GENERAL BODY MEETING?
YOU DECIDE!

CEPA-WAKE UP! YOUR JOBS ARE IN DANGER !

Few years back when a massive protest was raised against the CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) between India and Sri lanka , it was agreed by the authorities to exempt Health sector from the purview of the agreement.
But now it has been revealed that CEPA is getting implemented (?) without the knowledge of many of us.
First Cardiothoracic surgeons came from India to work in our private sector. Many doctors thought that their jobs are safe since they are not consultants.

Then cardiothoracic medical officers came. Many doctors thought that they are safe since they are not from the field of surgery.

But that was proved wrong when cardiothoracic anesthetists also appeared in to the scene. Now many are still thinking that they safe since they are not at all related to the field of cardiothoracic.

NOW THE “JUDGEMENT DAY” of the fields of Pathology and Radiology is about to come.
Still there is no sign of vigilance noted among the Sri lankan medical professionals.

Since the GMOA which is supposed to be the “watch dog” of the profession is also snoozing up, the future of Sri Lankan Medical professional seems to be in dark.

Hence we would like to cry out “WAKE UP! YOUR JOBS ARE NOT SAFE! ”

DO ONCALLS ! BUT NO TELEPHONE ALLOWANCE !

At present the above illustrated circular has been withdrawn by Sec.Health due to the pressure of the "Kandy consultants".

When you compare specialist medical officers with the parallel categories(eg DG) mention in the circular,it is clear that the relative position of specialist medical officers has been depreciated by this circular.
Due to the pressure of the consultants their issue will be rectified in the near future.

BUT,
What will happen to grade medical officers.When our pararal categories like engineers and Lawyers are enjoying the telephone allowance we have been barred from it!
Remember we are the people who are on call most of the times!
NO SOUND FROM GRADE MEDICAL OFFICER'S CAMP ?
THEN KEEP YOUR MOUTHS SHUT AND DO ON CALLS WITH OUT ANY MURMUR !
At the same time-"vote for the ruling party"-if an election comes by any chance!

Petrol,Petrol,PETROL,PETROL.....!

Fighting for a salary/allowance hike is multi frontal.

* Membership concerns should be fortified with rational arguments.

* Then Media needs to be handled effectively!

* Anti doctor ministry should be controlled and guided properly.

* More than every thing,Non medical salary committee has to be convinced.

* Then comes the step of convincing the political authority!and bringing it to a
reality

Since the salary commission acts as a buffer zone between the political authority and the trade union,if we could pierce the salary committee more than 90 % of the process is over.
If you analyse the above document(Document 1) you will realize that 90% mark of this process had been completed in the case of the DAT allowance(worth of Rs.21000/= )by year 2008.
Document 2 shows you the ultimate yield of Rs 10,000/= for the DAT allowance.This is quite appreciable when the war condition prevailed in the country was taken in to consideration.At the same time you may realize that a sum of Rs 11,000/= is at our door step.

After that,
year 2009 passed marking the end of the war,present ex co(most of them)
continued to be in power.
In year 2010 also nothing happened.Present ex co came to power "UNCONTESTED".
In 2011-while the our university counter parts got Rs.12,000/= + salary hike we
had to satisfy(?)with just Rs 4000/=.

PETROL PRIZES GO HIGH UP DAY BY DAY! The present ex co who failed to complete the remaining 10% of the process of getting the 21,000/= DAT allowance until now have started boasting of getting the Rs 21,000/= for you at the dawn of the GMOA election.

Leave aside the fact wheather we are going to get it under the present regime,

BUT REMEMBER THAT THE LETHARGY OF THIS EX CO HAD COST YOU RS 11,000?= PER MONTH !

LET'S PROTECT OUR PROFESSION FROM THE EX CO AND FROM ADVERSE PRESS PUBLICITY

Present Ex of the GMOA is not interested on making policies.

The only policy they practice is "NO POLICY".

They believe much more on making personal contacts with "Big shots in the country,than on making policies".
What we believe is that personal contacts will bring benefits personally to those individuals,but not to the profession.

It is time to prepare a proper transparent"POLICY ON POST INTERN APPOINTMENTS"
In the presence of a such policy We will be able to maintain unity among our members and defend our selves from adverse press publicity.We will not get humiliated in public as a union and as a profession.

Making a policy needs commitment and trust on democracy.
Unfortunately those are what our ex co lack most.

CPD -LET'S ACHIEVE IT DEMOCRATICALLY !

The National Committee for continuing professional development (NCPPDIM) has been collaborating with the Sri Lanka Medical Council in this Endeavour. Contentious issues have been resolved and a consensus achieved between all stake holders including the GMOA and IMPA. Under the leadership of the SLMC we expect this to be a reality in 2011.
-SLMA NEWS LETTER DECEMBER 2010

According to the above statement “consensus achieved between all stake holders including the GMOA” after resolving the controversial issues.
Questions to be asked from the EX CO

1. As the GMOA have we come to a decision regarding “CPD”? NO

2. In which General Committee Meeting or GMOA work shop this consensus was achieved?
NO GENERAL COMMITTEE OR WORKSHOP HELD ON THIS BEHALF

3. At the meetings with SLMA/SLMC who represented on behalf of the GMOA?
NO BODY HAS BEEN EMPOWERED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE TO REPRESENT
US ON THIS MATTER

3 .Then how did this happen?

………………………All these happened due to lack of democracy within the GMOA .There is no recognition for the views of our membership.
LET’S SAY ‘’YES’’ TO A WELL STRUCTURED CPD!

BUT “NO” TO THE UNDEMOCRATIC REGIME OF THE PRESENT EX CO!

Big Bosses "BIG LETTER"

The above photo shows you a cabinet paper,which had gone to the cabinet during the first few months of the present GMOA regime.This happens to be the covering letter and We know nothing about the content in the annexures.

Since this document amends the Medical Service minute,it will decide our destiny.


the present Ex Co may come and tell you,

1.We do not know any thing about this ..." Were they sleeping at the
time when this cabinet paper went"

2.We did a very doctor friendly amendments through this,and shows some document... don't trust them since they have breached your trust once by sending this document to the cabinet with out our concurrence.

This cabinet paper is yet another example of the undemocratic behaviour of the big bosses of present Ex Co.