President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued an Extraordinary Gazette Notification declaring the supply of electricity and hospital services essential services with effect from the 8th of June 2022.
The President by virtue of powers vested in him in terms of Section 2 of the Essential Public Services Act, No.61 of 1979 issued the Gazette.
Accordingly, all service, and work necessary or required to be done in connection with the maintenance, and the reception, care feeding, and treatment, of patients in hospitals, nursing homes, dispensaries, and other similar institution will be essential services.
