Abolish SAITM – Medical students protest at Health Ministry

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The protest campaign organized by the Medical Faculty Action Committee demanding the government to abolish SAITM at Malabe was held opposite the Ministry of Health today (13th).

The protest march commenced from the Faculty of Medicine in Colombo University today afternoon demanding the government to abolish Malabe private medical school and demanding solutions for several other issues.

The protest march reached the Ministry of Health through Maradana, Fort, Lake House Roundabout and Slave Island.

A large number of students in medical faculties throughout the island had joined the protest campaign. Fort Magistrates Court had issued an injunction prohibiting protesters from marching towards Presidential Secretariat.

Students of the Faculty of Medicine in Jaffna University too held a protest today in support of the medical students in other universities.