(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has postponed the strike which was to be launched on Wednesday (05) on the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) issue by one-week.
The strike has been postponed taking into consideration several matters. The Catholic Church had requested that the strike be suspended owing to the spread of Dengue.
Addressing reporters at the Bishop’s House in Colombo on Tuesday (04), Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith requested the GMOA not to stage the scheduled strike as there is a risk of a Dengue epidemic spreading in the country.