The Health Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Ministry will appoint doctors and nurses to fill the vacancies in the health sector before long, health sources said.
Over 3,000 specialists serve now and this will be twofold within a few years. About 17,000 doctors now serve at State hospitals. Sabaragamuwa, Wayamba and Moratuwa Universities now have medical faculties and the Karapitiya Medical Faculty will increase its intake of new students by 200.
A Health Ministry Spokesman said 4,025 doctors were appointed to State hospitals in the last four years.
State hospitals, however, now need around 7,000 more nurses. Anuradhapura, Matara, Kalutara and Galle Nursing Training Schools will increase their intake of trainee nurses and Rs 3,000 million has been spent on developing these institutes to accommodate the number of trainees.
A nursing faculty will be set up at the Sri Jayewardenepura University and a hostel for nurses will be set up at the Mulleriyawa Hospital.
The two projects will cost Rs. 18,000 millions to the Ministry.
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