Around 200 defence and police personnel deployed to Honiara to assist with restoration of law and order in Honiara following the recent unrest, have successfully completed their 10 and 14 days period of health monitoring with all COVID-19 tests results, negative.
The National Referral and the Good Samaritan Hospitals have noted increase in the number of diarrheal cases presenting to outpatient and emergency departments in the past two weeks.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) would like to respond to media and public enquiries around medicine stock levels and reports of shortages of some medicines in health facilities in the provinces.
The Ministry of Health is calling on all Honiara residents involved in arson, rioting, looting to please stop immediately as continuation of such activities will further affect health services with its already out-stretched resources. Currently, health is operating below its potential.
Nursing students from the Solomon Islands National University on training at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) are reportedly not performing to the required standards. SIBC News has been allegedly informed of the issue by Medical staff at the NRH whom they wish to remain anonymous.
“Effective climate services will facilitate climate-smart decisions that will reduce the impacts of weather extreme events and climate change impacts and related disasters, improve food security, health outcomes, water resource management, and decision making in other sectors”.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) would like to condemn last week’s newspaper report of a young girl in Malaita province who claimed to have her arm turned magnetic attracting android phone and other metal objects after getting her first COVID-19 vaccine jab.
Staff and Heads of Department within the National Referral Hospital (NRH) Radiology Department celebrated the World Radiography Day 2021 at the NRH Radiology building in Honiara this morning.
An Air Vanuatu repatriation flight enroute for Honiara from Port Vila, Vanuatu yesterday was cancelled as most of about 50 returning passengers to Solomon Islands have not received their full Covid-19 vaccination.
ANY traveler that is 18 years and older must be fully vaccinated before they can enter the country. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in his nationwide address on Monday this week said intending travellers must undertake their final vaccination dose 4 weeks prior to their travel date.
The National Referral Hospital (NRH) confirms that the mother and his son who sustained injuries following a fatal explosion at the outskirts of Betikama Adventist College, are both stable. The metal explosion killed a father and his son.
Around 54 Solomon Islands nurses have renewed their contracts with the Vanuatu Government for another three years. Ten that were recently reported to have been stranded in the neighbouring Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila decide not to renew their contract and return to the country based on personal…
A newly launched report by World Vision revealed the cruel choices families are forced to make as their incomes collapse, with households resorting to selling assets and even skipping meals to cope with life. World Vision Solomon Islands today launched the report in its headquarter in Honiara.
A total of 197,643 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered since last week Friday 15th October. Speaking during his nationwide address this week, the Prime Minister said this represents 23.9% of the total doses required to cover the total target population of 414,327 people in the country…
The National Referral Hospital (NRH) would be recruiting overseas doctors if circumstances come hard, says the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Referral Hospital, Dr George Malefoasi.
A total of 490 households with 4,134 people from 8 communities in Northwest and West Guadalcanal now have access to piped water under the “West Guadalcanal Tropical Cyclone Harold WASH Recovery Project”.
Honiara Senior High School yesterday opened their new ablution block at the school’s compound. The new ablution block project was fully funded by the school at a cost of $160,000.
The country’s economy is deteriorating and it cannot remain in isolation for too long, says Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare as he pleads to eligible Solomon Islanders to get vaccinated.
Gilbert, Aekafo and surrounding communities in east Honiara are now enjoying free clean water from a newly constructed water source facility, thanks to the Community Access and Urban Services Enhancement (CAUSE) Project for recognising the need.
Doctors working at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) who reportedly walked out from official duties are coming back to work. This is according to the NRH Chief Executive Dr George Malefoasi who said the doctors are not walking out for good but decide to stay out of work.
