Crossing the Atlantic for eye-treatment
A story about how one of our lady envoys incurred several thousands of Euros on her eye treatment in the States some time ago when she could have got it done in the European country, where she was serving, at a much lesser cost, had an echo at a top official conference held in Colombo recently, they say.
This lady envoy is said to be currently serving in the capital of a powerful country in the West.
When the lady envoy sought permission to seek eye treatment in the
States, the responsible authority in Colombo at the time had readily
okayed the request and sanctioned the release of a sizeable amount in
Euros for travel and medical treatment.
The recent Colombo conference where this story had come up had been
chaired by the political authority in charge of the subject. The top
executive who granted the lady envoy permission to seek treatment in the
States too had been present at the conference.
Pin-drop silence had prevailed when the white-collar high-up in charge
of expenditure at the top office revealed the details of the eye
treatment expenses at the conference, they say.