Kahandaliyanage Attempts Impunity: Move To Appoint Stooges To The Board Averted

Dr OCTOBER 16, 2018

Athula Kahandaliyanage, the Chairman of Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital today attempted to illegally remove the three specialists serving the hospital Board quoting Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Health, Colombo Telegraph reliably learns. 

In an unprecedented move, Kahandaliyanage convened a specialists’ meeting stating that Rajitha Senaratne has “ordered” the removal of the three specialists representing the interest of the hospital, namely, Dr Kanishka Indraratne, Dr Madhava Karunaratne and Dr Prabhath Ambawatte. These three specialists have consistently stood against the illegal appointment of Dr Susitha Senaratne, quasi director, political stooge of the minister. Kahandaliyanage further attempted to illegally appoint three stooges of the quasi director to the Board.

Dr Athula Kahandaliyanage, Dr Susitha Senaratne and Rajitha Senaratne

Pretend ‘Terminator’: Kahandaliyanage 

Dr Senaratne, a medical officer with no academic or professional qualifications has been illegally occupying the office of the director of SJGH since 2015 and his non-existent ‘appointment’ has been questioned by the COPE on two occasions and has been challenged in courts in an ongoing court case. It is reported that today Kahandaliyanage attempted to pretend that the Board was ‘terminated’ before time without any documented evidence. “Over 30 united specialists of the hospital categorically challenged Kahandaliyanage and the quasi director and asked them to leave the meeting without further delinquent behavior which they had to meekly comply with,” multiple sources within the hospital confirmed.  

Three Honest Specialists: A Threat To Senaratne

As the next court hearing is pending on 23rd October 2018, Kahandaliyanage is trying his best to get rid of the three honest specialists standing up against impunity before that day. Kahandaliyanage is infamous for forging documents, falsifying evidence and misguiding the judiciary with regard to this issue is trying his best to prevent the three sitting specialists from making their separate representation in the courts. Kahandaliyanage, for whom administrative criminality is second nature, documented by his challenged appointments in the ministry of health and removal from a post graduate programme due to deceitful entry has been the biggest protector of the quasi director Senaratne. 

Attorney General’s Department Refuses Defending The SJGH Board

Susitha Senaratne, the quasi director of SJGH was banned from sitting at the Board of the SJGH by court verdict CA WRIT 184/2018. 

The rest of the Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital Board consisting of political stooges, namely, Dr Athula Kahandaliyanage, Prof. Janaka De Silva, Eng. Chamath De Silva, Accountant Nanda Lalith Senanayake, R. Serasinghe , Deputy Director General ,Ministry of Finance (one of the accused of the Lalith Weeratunga Sil Redi fraud) have been defending this act of stark impunity by retaining a private lawyer Manohara De Silva at the cost of Rs 400 000 per sitting. The Attorney General’s department, recognizing the illegality of this quasi appointment has refused to appear on behalf of the Board of Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital. 

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