Probe launched against suspended JMO who performed post-mortems on high profile cases

Director-General of Health Services Asela Gunawardena has announced the launch of a ministerial-level inquiry into Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) Dr M.N. Ruhul Haq. 

 

 

Despite being suspended by the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC), Dr Haq conducted post-mortem examinations, including those of businessman Dinesh Schaffter and a three-year-old patient who died following problematic kidney surgery at Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children.