The Rural Clinical School, which is a satellite campus for the University of PNG’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was recently opened by Health Minister Dr Lino Tom.
Veteran doctor and lecturer in the discipline of rural and generalist medicine with the school of medicine, Dr David Mills, described the development as a “bit of a dream” and reminisced on the years when they would conduct operations at the Kompiam District Hospital under the light of kerosene lamps.
“But it’s not a dream,” he said. “It’s a lot of hard work over many, many years.
