Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA), the apex national medical professional body will launch a program to recognise and reward its members who have been in the frontline battling the COVID 19 epidemic, which is now rampant worldwide, its President Professor Indika Karunathilake announced today.
“The commitment and dedication of health professionals in controlling this pandemic need to be appreciated” President of SLMA added
The COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented in the history of mankind, sparing none be it nationality, race, religion, the rich and the poor alike. The world’s economy has virtually come to a grinding halt, it appears that we need to adapt to a new norm for this threat is likely to stay with us for a long time to come” he added.
Therefore, our health professionals have a tremendous responsibility on their shoulders to contain its spread among the people, minimize fatalities and prevent any resurgence of the disease, he pointed out.
The SLMA’s program titled CARE acronym for COVID-Appreciation Respecting Engagement are the steps the health care providers will be taking for this long term engagement, Prof Karunathilake emphasized.
I must thank the CEO of Ch17 Loyalty Mr. Jumar Preena for agreeing to extend their services to SLMA’s CARE Program by enabling their popular privilege loyalty scheme that will give many benefits to our membership and their families”
“We are indeed honored to partner with SLMA towards this worthy cause and we will offer all resources and channels within our network to make this a success. The benefits will include, but not limited to discounts on consumer goods, preferential rates and personalised service from a wide range of partners in our platform” Jumar Preena CEO of CH17 said.
About CH17 – is a leading loyalty scheme managing company focusing on corporates and large influential consumer segments in Sri Lanka. Since its inception in 2013, the company has been uninterruptedly managing the employee welfare scheme for the largest single industrial employer – Sri Lanka Apparel under the theme Ransalu Pranaama. This program has more than 176,000 workers and close to 200 retail partners in a single platform.