Why MR was in a hurry to appoint two ministers in succession to replace defected Health Minister? What is the hurry to appoint someone else than himself holding it until the New Government formed?

The answer for the 2nd question is simple that, MR really does not believe in successful campaign of 3rd Term! Answer for the first question holds the reason for the revolt of Health Minister - the family rule have blocked a bill that would grant a huge relief to poor patients of this country, through making available of cheap medicines instead of high cost of drugs at all the Pharmacies island wide. This is a medicinal mafia that involves at least four foreign Pharmaceutical Companies, and most of the senior specialists Doctors feel that this is a huge slap on their faces of humane approach professionalism!! It is quite interesting to know how this Medicine Mafia blocks the availability of cheap medical drugs at all outlets.

Generally for all medical drugs there are three names, - Generic name, Chemical Name and a Trade Name; this trade name belongs to particular a Pharmaceutical Company only, and at no circumstances another company can use this Trade Name  and the particular drug manufactured by that company has a price for that trade name. Another manufacturer company  produces the same medicine in another name and it has another price! It goes on like that for many companies. 

When bulk purchase or import take place for a particular drug by its Trade Name only that company or its prime dealer can represent the delivering contract, that easily shunts out the basic requirement of Tender Procedure in bulk purchases. But what Health Ministry Doctors want is, to use the Generic Name or the Pharmacological Name so that many companies will compete to deliver those medicines, and there will be an average of 60% to 100% reduction of prices all drugs, and in some even it can be reduced up to 200%, if done so!!  Not only that, some ingredients necessary for some important clinical  tests for proper diagnosis suffer the same fate by this mafia and dealt a heavy blow on free health services.    

MR was actually seeking a scapegoat for this heinous corruption in those hurried appointments rather than an election propaganda stunt!!! He means to continue this  Pharmaceutical mafia by appointing a minister for health, instead of taking over the ministry to correct that for himself; One of major policies of the present government since its first term of office is to maintain uttermost minimum of basic medicine only in all government hospitals and this hampers the policy of free health to all as well. If Prof.Senaka Bibiley's concept is adhered in the National Medicinal Drug Policy is legalized and implemented there cannot be any acute shortage of medicines in Govt.hospitals  and in addition much cheaper medicinal drugs will be available in private pharmacies as well. All Veterinary Clinics throughout the country are as well are badly affected by this same policy, put in place on the pretext of countering the waste in both the sectors, heinously sets up an unabated huge kickbacks to those four foreign Pharmaceutical Companies on the expense of poor peasants of this country.