A total of 17 Nurses has graduated with Nursing Diplomas from the Helena Goldie Nursing College in Western Province today. Confirming this to SIBC News, Government Communications Unit Director, George Hemming says the 17 nurses were also commissioned after their graduation.
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.
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, announced yesterday that New Zealand will send a medical assistance team to Solomon Islands to assist the National Referral Hospital in meeting urgent medical needs following the recent flooding.
The National Referral Hospital has this week recorded more than 50 new cases of diarrhea. Confirming this to the local media, National Referral Hospital Chief Executive Officer Dr George Manimu says statistics show an increasing trend for Honiara alone. “Just diarrhea alone, watery diarrhea.
World Vision water experts are racing to distribute clean water to children and their families in evacuation centres across Honiara. World Vision country director Dr.
The National Disaster Management Office Director Loti Yates has expressed concerns about the high risk of diseases associated with overcrowding and lack of clean water and sanitation after last week’s flood. Mr Yates says these diseases include malaria, dysentery and Dengue fever.
State Owned Enterprise Solomon Water says Honiara residents will experience water shortages as only 20 percent of its water reservoirs are being used. Solomon Water General Manager Richard Austin told members of the local media today at Solomon Water Head office in Honiara.
Concerned citizens group, Forum Solomon Islands International, FSII, applauds the government for its commitment to honour the scheme of service for specialised local doctors.
The Government has signed four year contracts with Specialist Doctors working at the National Referral Hospital, NRH. Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the contract is to improve medical services for our people.
A 12-day visit by an Australian urology specialist team to the National Referral Hospital has ended successfully. The team had seen over 40 patients, and conducted 18 surgical operations mainly women.
An Australian urology specialist team will visit Honiara from Thursday to March 23 to provide free urological consultations and treatment for Solomon Islanders.
A local farmer who regularly supplies fruits, root crops and fish to the National Referral Hospital in Honiara has called on responsible authorities to formulate a quick and efficient way of payment for suppliers like him.
Admitted patients at the Good Samaritan Hospital at Tetere, North Guadalcanal are not being fed meals by the Hospital. One of the patients, Selwyn Suba an Anglican priest, admitted twice at the hospital, told SIBC’s North Guadalcanal stringer Dudley Gani that the government must address this issue.
The Law Reform Commission has urged the Government to provide proper and adequate mental health facilities for people with mental impairment who are detained for crimes. This is one recommendation the Commission made in its report on Mental Impairment, Criminal Responsibility and Fitness to Plead.
Solomon Islands is lagging behind its Pacific neighbors in sanitation and hygiene and needs to be sped up as quickly as possible, says the National Director of Environmental Health Tom Nanau.
An Interplast Australia and New Zealand Nurse Education team are currently visiting the Solomon Islands. A statement from the Australian High Commission Office says the team is working at the National Referral Hospital to provide two concurrent training programs, one for local nursing staff and one…
Health authorities are warning Honiara men not to be lured by certain individuals who go around the city giving injections to men to enlarge their private part.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has thanked Honiara residents for participating in the food security and market survey. Agriculture Extension Services Director, Michael Ho’ota said the survey is part of the ministry’s role to combat nutrition related illnesses or non-communicable…
The National Referral Hospital Out Patient Department has recorded a slight increase in communicable diseases which it associates with the current wet weather. Dr Pedical Togamae from the Emergency Department confirms to SIBC news, there is a slight increase in diarrhoea and flu related illnesses.
The Acting Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr Chris Becha has called for unity in the work to raise awareness on leprosy. Speaking at a Service to mark World Leprosy Day on Sunday, Dr Becha said the theme for the 2014 World Leprosy Day – “Joining Forces – Accelerating Progress”…
