Tulagi hospital in Central Islands Province finally has its own medical doctor after years of waiting and advocating for one. She is Dr Lydia Ipulu who will leave for Tulagi tomorrow.
The National Referral Hospital’s blood bank is struggling to maintain a consistent supply of blood needed at the hospital. This begun when the Red Cross supported blood donation program was halted due to lack of funding.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has warned all shop outlets involved in importing and selling ‘smoking candies’ to the public, especially children, to ‘STOP’ immediately.
Senior executives from the Ministry of Health and Medical Services will meet this Friday to discuss issues surrounding the recruitment of Solomon Islands nurses to work in Vanuatu.
547 premature babies were recorded by the Paediatric department at the National Referral Hospital, NRH, since 2016. Babies born well before their expected due dates and having low birth weights are called prematurity births.
Severe acute malnutrition and related illnesses have claimed the lives of 18 children this year. The National Referral Hospital’s Pediatric department revealed this in an exclusive interview this week.
Guadalcanal province has marked the 2018 National Tooth Brushing Day at Numbu community in North-East Guadalcanal. The program was held in collaboration with Colgate Pacific, where over a thousand free toothpaste and toothbrushes were handed out to children and other community members who took part…
The National Referral Hospital, NRH, now has seventy-six percent of essential drugs in stock as of last Friday. Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela revealed when he received essential drug supplies from donor partners today.
Solomon Islanders living in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, have raised funds to purchase a new heart machine for the National Referral Hospital. Floyd Manata, a Solomon Islands resident of the PNG capital for 20 years said they raised more than fifteen thousand Kina during a dance night held at…
The National Referral Hospital in Honiara is slowly restocking its much needed medical supplies as they arrive into the country. A Government statement had confirmed, medical drugs and supplies started arriving into the country since last Friday.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services and the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet will reconvene an urgent meeting today to review the status of the national drug supply.
A week long testing of non-communicable diseases begins today in Honiara. The ‘Honiara Health Expo’ was organized by the Honiara City Council’s Health Division in collaboration with a Primary Health Care team from Atoifi Hospital in East Malaita.
The Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services says it is a complex situation procuring drug orders because the Ministry is dealing with a number of different suppliers outside the country.
The Government assures they have the shortage of drugs at the National Referral hospital under control. Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela made the statement today to the media after a briefing this afternoon from the Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr Tenneth Dalipanda.
Opposition Leader, Manasseh Maelanga has urged the Government to declare a ‘state of medical emergency’ and calls for coordinated efforts to address the drug shortage situation at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara.
Honiara residents will expect to pay for their own medicine and vaccines as the clinics in Honiara are running out of drugs. For the past weeks, Kukum Clinic has been advising patients to pay for the medicines they have been prescribed because they do not have them in stock.
A Medicine Inspection Program embarked on by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services is expected to begin by the end of June. Director of Pharmacy, Timmy Manea confirmed, they will conduct the inspection on all businesses that are legally and illegally selling medicine within the city and the…
The country urgently needs a Computed Tomography, CT, scanner to prevent avoidable deaths. President of the Peoples’ Progressive Party, Charles Dausabea echoed these sentiments following Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela’s comments regarding a CT scanner he saw in Japan last month.
A new body called the Alcoholic Anonymous Program has taken the challenge to combat alcohol abuse in the country. Public Information Coordinator Philomina Letakoro says the program with bases in Honiara, Auki and Malu’u in Malaita Province aims to extend its services to all provinces across the…
A masked man armed with a bush knife has entered the Fauabu Clinic in Malaita Province and threatened patients admitted at the clinic. The assailant entered the facility, indecently assaulted two female patients and stole a mobile phone from a patient’s bag.
