Angau Memorial General Hospital

Sister Wilma Sebby, Nurse Manager of Emergency Department (ED) at the ANGAU Memorial Provincial Hospital, has spent the last 17 years working at the emergency department.

She is motivated by her love for the job, and for people.

Working in the Emergency Department can be very stressful, and sometimes challenging but as a team leader, Sister Sebby is there to support her fellow nurses and colleagues.

Even on a quiet day at ED, she is in ‘preparation mode’, getting the equipment and items for emergencies ready.

As nurse manager for the HIV clinic at the ANGAU Memorial Provincial Hospital in Lae, Julie Kitoneka conducts HIV testing and counselling, treatment and management of patients with HIV.

One of her significant roles is preventing infants from being infected by HIV at birth and with the support of her team, Julie has facilitated safe delivery of more than thirty babies in 2022.

As nurse manager for the HIV clinic at the ANGAU Memorial Provincial Hospital in Lae, Julie Kitoneka conducts HIV testing and counselling, treatment and management of patients with HIV.

One of her significant roles is preventing infants from being infected by HIV at birth and with the support of her team, Julie has facilitated safe delivery of more than thirty babies in 2022.

While he initially dreamt of becoming a paediatrician, seeing the work his mother did over the years changed his mind.

When he completed secondary school, Johnson applied and got accepted to study a three-year Diploma in General Nursing at the Lae School of Nursing in 2018. The Australian government, through its partnership with Newcrest Mining Limited, supported Johnson’s studies with a private-sector sponsored Australia Awards scholarship.

Their demands, which were presented on Thursday March 25^th, were not met.

They have undertaken the action to demonstrate their dissatisfaction at the management of the Morobe Provincial Health Authority.

The doctors say the health authority has persistently failed to respond or act on their numerous petitions.

The management is yet to address the acute medical officer shortage issue as well as honour annual gratuity payments for contract officers for 2020.

Seven Toyota Land Cruisers, a Mitsubishi Rosa bus and a Nissan Urvan bus are part of the new fleet for the hospital.

ANGAU Hospital Transport officer, Steven Kaiwa, said the new fleet was part of replacing the existing fleet of the hospital which was already past its use date.

Kaiwa said the new fleet would ensure the efficient flow of services in terms of transport in the hospital.

Apart from diagnostic facilities and cancer centres, the National Cancer Unit located in Angau Memorial General Hospital in Lae is not fully functional at the moment.

Cancer Foundation is now calling for immediate government intervention.

According to the PNG Cancer Foundation, 700 Paua New Guinean women die every year from breast and cervical cancer; that’s 2 deaths per day.

The 2013 to 2017 statistics from cancer admissions at Port Moresby General Hospital found cancer of the cervix makes up 60 percent of the admissions followed closely by breast cancer.

21 patients were from the Nasuapum, Markham accident on Saturday.

The hospital confirmed 7 deaths from that tragic vehicle accident.

Four victims – three female and the driver of the bus – are currently admitted at the hospital.

The driver is in critical condition.

Apart from this, the hospital also received 4 casualties from a vehicle accident in Ramu, 4 casualties from an accident in Mumeng and 7 casualties from a road accident in Bulolo.

No confirmed deaths have been reported from these three accidents.

In a statement, Secretary Pascoe Kase, responding to the news that the radiation oncologist had passed away on July 4 at the ANGAU Memorial General Hospital in Lae.

The Secretary went on to say: “Dr Niblett was the foundation of the establishment of radiation oncology services in Papua New Guinea, and committed a large part of the last 40 years in providing his services treating cancer patients from the Cancer Centre in Lae.

“Papua New Guinea was indeed fortunate to have benefitted from his valuable contribution to the community and the health system.”

Lae Metropolitan Superintendent Anthony Wagambie Jr confirmed that the incident happened on Saturday between 9pm and 10pm.

“From police reports, there was a fight which broke out outside Huon Gulf Hotel between security guards and a group of men. The fight spilled out onto the main road where Police were able to disperse the crowd,” Wagambie Jr said.