Officials of the 1990 Suwa Seriya ambulance service told the Committee on Public Enterprises that employees have not received salary increments since 2018, and that many trained staff are leaving for better-paying work overseas.
The Director of the Suwa Seriya Foundation, Nalin Perera, said a Cabinet paper must be submitted through the relevant ministry to the Department of National Budget before salaries can be revised. The foundation's chairman, Niroshan Ratnayake, said many recently recruited staff leave even after training.
The committee also heard that most ambulances are based at police stations, with others at Divisional Secretariat offices and temples. Discussions with the Police Department are expected on shortcomings in these facilities, and Perera has proposed annual budget allocations to improve accommodation over the next 10 to 15 years.
Source
Ada Derana
Summary written by Colombo Today from reporting by Ada Derana.
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