Students, who have passed out from the Jaffna University Medical Faculty, are fearing that they may be victim of discrimination in case of getting appointment for internship. Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said a proposal to send Jaffna medical faculty students to hospitals in Jaffna for their internship has been forwarded to the Cabinet. He said the Cabinet will discuss this matter at its next meeting.

“We came to this decision because of the requests made at the Parliament Consultative Committee, especially by TNA MPs,” the Minister said.

He said appointing students to hospitals for their internship was to be completed on Monday but it has now been postponed for a month to give time for the suggested changes.

The Minister said most of the other students are not ready to work in hospitals in the North and East. “They either want to go abroad or resign. So, it would be more practical to appoint students from the Jaffna University to work in the North and the East”.

But the Jaffna University graduates warned that they will go to courts if this proposal is approved by the Cabinet.

They said because of such decision they will not be eligible to work in hospitals of their choice and it will become mandatory for them to work in the North and East disregarding their position in the merit list.

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