The Government is scheduled to award appointment letters to 1,056 new Family Health Service Officers on October 4.
The ceremony is to be held at Temple Trees under the patronage of Health and Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa.
The new officers have completed a training programme lasting approximately one and a half years.
They are scheduled to be attached to hospitals and health institutions administered by provincial councils and the central Health Ministry across the country.
Family Health Service Officers form part of Sri Lanka's frontline community-health workforce and perform important functions in areas including maternal and child healthcare.
The addition of 1,056 officers is intended to strengthen the delivery of these services.
However, the appointments are scheduled for October 4.
At the time of publication, the appointment ceremony has not yet occurred.
The article therefore reports the confirmed appointment programme and should not state that all 1,056 officers have already received appointment letters or taken up their posts.
Detailed posting locations and the effect of the appointments on existing staffing vacancies have not been established in the verified information used for this article.
If the October 4 ceremony proceeds as planned and detailed deployment information is subsequently released, that should be handled as an UPDATE rather than a duplicate article.
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