Paradise Private Hospital - Port Moresby

Hospital treats 18 food poison patients

All patients were reported to have eaten from the Sizzler’s Family Restaurant in Port Moresby.

Paradise Private Hospital admitted all patients by Sunday afternoon, May 14.

A hospital spokesperson says there were no worse cases and all patients have been discharged since.

In the meantime, the restaurant is working with relevant authorities and suppliers to identify the cause.

The Restaurant will give further update once the investigation has been completed by the Health Department.

Three more Christmas babies for POM

The first was a baby girl from Central, born at 3.35am weighing 3.8 kilograms.

Next to follow was another girl from Morobe at exactly 6am, weighing 3.5 kilograms.

7.35am brought the arrival of a baby boy from a mixed parentage of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and Sepik, weighing 3 kilograms.

Sister in charge, Hayley Kakito, said all three mothers had normal deliveries with no complications.

“We are expecting one more baby later this afternoon,” said Kakito.