Annual Report 2008 - Ministry of Finance and Planning
Annual Report 2008 - Ministry of Finance and Planning
Annual Report 2008 - Ministry of Finance and Planning
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2. Fiscal Developments - <strong>2008</strong><br />
Box 2.3<br />
Financing the Health Sector Contd.<br />
85<br />
Human Resource Base in the Public Health Service<br />
Expenditure on medical supplies to Government institutions<br />
has been doubled from Rs 7.1 billion to Rs 14 billion from<br />
2005 to 2009 in order to ensure proper maintenance <strong>of</strong><br />
patient care services. Recurrent expenditure on hospital<br />
maintenance has also accounted for high outlays around Rs<br />
3,373 billion in <strong>2008</strong>, mainly on diet, electricity <strong>and</strong> water,<br />
fuel, laundry <strong>and</strong> security services etc. Since nutritional<br />
intervention has given a foremost concern during the past<br />
years, the funds channeled for long st<strong>and</strong>ing nutritional<br />
programme; Thriposha, had been increased by 33 percent in<br />
<strong>2008</strong> over 2007. Further, the Government had been investing<br />
a fair share <strong>of</strong> its total salary bill i.e. around 15 percent in<br />
<strong>2008</strong>, to meet the cost <strong>of</strong> personal emoluments <strong>of</strong> the staff<br />
attached to the health sector annually.<br />
Category 2006 2007 <strong>2008</strong><br />
Specialist Medical<br />
Officers<br />
959 1,023 1,006<br />
Medical Officers -<br />
Administrative<br />
124 128 131<br />
Medical Officers 9,297 9,662 10,932<br />
Dental Surgeons 849 861 879<br />
Registered Medical<br />
Officers & Assistant 1,274 1,244 1,244<br />
Medical Practitioners<br />
Nurses 20,912 22,088 22,977<br />
Public Health<br />
Midwives<br />
7,590 8,139 8,722<br />
Public Health<br />
Inspectors<br />
1,662 1,686 1,695<br />
Medical Lab<br />
Technicians<br />
910 1,006 1,020<br />
Attendants 7,129 7,201 7,145<br />
Source: <strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> Healthcare <strong>and</strong> Nutrition<br />
To overcome the prevalent imbalance in the human resource<br />
distribution particularly in rural areas, a considerable<br />
number <strong>of</strong> Medical Officers including Specialists, Nurses<br />
<strong>and</strong> other para medical staff were recruited <strong>and</strong> appointed<br />
during 2007 <strong>and</strong> <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Manpower Recruitment <strong>and</strong> Appointment<br />
Category Recruitment (a) Appointment<br />
2007 <strong>2008</strong> 2007 <strong>2008</strong><br />
Specialist Medical 146 155 137 60<br />
Officers<br />
Medical Officers 909 956 1,716 907<br />
Dental Surgeons - 100 - 111<br />
Nurses 3,079 1,906 2,802 1,216<br />
Source:<br />
<strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> Healthcare <strong>and</strong> Nutrition<br />
(a)<br />
Recruitment for Training<br />
Human Resource Base<br />
By <strong>2008</strong>, a total <strong>of</strong> 106,295 health sector personnel had been<br />
deployed within the public sector health institutions, out <strong>of</strong><br />
which around 57,459 were attached to institutions under<br />
the Central Government.<br />
<strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Finance</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> Sri Lanka<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2008</strong>
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