Dr. Geetika Ratnawardena is appointed as the first Chief Medical Officer of Colombo City Council.
Dr. Shanti Geetika Ratnawardena, who served as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Public Health (CMOH) established in 1902 in the Colombo Municipal Council, became the first Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) recently (19). She is the 13th Chief Medical Officer of the Colombo Municipal Council.
Dr. Ratnawardena, who joined the service of Colombo Municipal Council in 1991, was appointed as a Medical Officer of Health in 2000 and Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health in 2014. She has worked in Colombo Municipal Council for thirty three (33) years. She is an alumnus of Musius College, Colombo. Her husband is Mr. Jayantha Guruge, Project Consultant of Helis Company, Colombo.