Dr. Shafi Shihabdeeen of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital files writ petition claiming back-wages

February 10, 2022

Dr. Shafi alleges he was the subject of a malicious hate campaign by interested parties stating he carried out illegal sterilization procedures Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen, who was at the centre of the controversy surrounding the alleged sterilization of female patients has filed a writ petition seeking an order directing authorities to pay the salary due and payable to him including back-wages. The Petitioner, a gynecologist attached to Kurunegala Teaching Hospital said he has been arbitrarily and unlawfully placed under compulsory leave from his employment withouta just cause and without legal authority. Director of KurunegalaTeaching Hospital Dr. Chandana Kendangamuwa, Dr. A. M. S. WeeraBandara Former Director of Kurunegala Teaching Hospital, Health Minister KeheliyaRambukwella, Secretary to the Ministry of Health Dr. S. H. Munasinghe, Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunaratne were named as respondents. The petitioner said he was a victim of a hateful, malicious and racially charged campaign that he was alleged to have conducted sterilization procedures on females which would render females being barren. The petitioner stated that said allegations have been disputed as being unscientific and false contemporaneously by experts in the field of Gynecology and Obstetrics including Obstetricians and Gynecologists (VOGs).

Dr. Shafi Shihabdeeen of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital files writ petition claiming back-wages

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