“We do not understand why these 500 doctors cannot be recruited when there are nearly 700 vacancies in Ayurvedic hospitals. The Ministry has taken the future of these graduates for granted,” Kumarasinghe charged.
He further said that neither the current Ayurvedic students nor the Ayurvedic graduates are aware of the guidelines set out by the Department of Ayurvedic Medicines or the number of intakes.

“Such problem would not have occurred if there was a National Ayurveda Policy. We are not surprised by the absence of such policy as there is not even a National Drug Policy in the country,” Kumarasinghe asserted.
He also noted that these unemployed graduates have been conducting fasting campaigns since October, but the Ministry officials have either taken these graduates for granted or the officials are incompetent to resolve the issue.

He added that the officials at the Ministry of Indigenous Medicine will be made answerable and held responsible if something happens to these unemployed graduates: “What’s the purpose in gaining a degree from a Government University if there are no employments after completing the academic years? This is absurd and unjust, especially when there are vacancies in Ayurvedic hospitals island-wide,” Kumarasinghe opined.