The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) this morning, decided to join hands to battle the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM).

The trade union and the political party said they decided to come together ‘because it was their responsibility to safeguard the rights of the patients.’

They allege patients are in danger because of the Court of Appeal ruling that SAITM medical degree holders qualify for accreditation from the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC).

On Thursday over 2,000 university students marched into Colombo to protest the Court of Appeal judgment on January 31.

The students were demanding the SAITM campus is closed as it is ‘illegal’ and ‘unlawful’.