National Environmental Health Director of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Tom Nanau has warned victims of the recent flooding who are planing to return to their community to first seek advice from Health Emergency Operation Centre.
Speaking to the local media, Mr Nanau says while he understands some victims have planed to return and rebuild their homes on the affected sites, he urged them to first of all seek sound advice from the health authority.
“There are people who may be wanting to return to their places and their houses and as a responsible authority the HEOC and other relevant clusters we just cannot say oh yes you may go now goodbye No!. It’s important we have been instructed to ensure that any families wishing to return to their places, firstly we want to know who they are, how many of them, where they’ll return to and then we have to carry out another additional assessment of their place.”
