Dr. Asoka Gunaratne, Consultant Anaesthetist, has stepped down from the Intercollegiate Technical Committee of the Director-General of Health Services, Daily Mirror reported.
Dr. Gunaratne’s resignation came following Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama resigned from the same committee.
It was reported that Dr Wijewickrama resigned in protest of the decisions taken by the government despite the recommendations given by the medical experts.
Daily Mirror reported that decisions such as to give the Sputnik-V to Kandy with a letter which stated that they are given only a single dose of the vaccine and to vaccinate individuals in the age group of 20 to 29 in the Hambantota District with Pfizer have been taken without the knowledge of the committee.
