The Mabudawan Health Centre in South Fly district will soon get a facelift.
The centre has been catering for referral for the province and providing vital primary health care services, including the management of tuberculosis and multi-drug resistant TB to inland non-treaty villages of the south fly district.
Work will commence shortly following the ground breaking ceremony, which was eventuated by PNG Minister for Immigration and Border Security, Petrus Thomas, and Australian High commissioner Bruce Davis, on October 12.
The new facility, built to National Health Standards, will be solar-powered with generator back up and will have its own water supply; with 16 beds to support its patients.
The centre will also include an emergency department, maternal & child health clinic, TB clinic, X-ray and laboratory service, delivery room, mothers’ waiting house, guardian amenities, laundry, kitchen, generator shed and incinerator shed.
The facility will be delivered through the Rural Primary Health Service Delivery Project (RPHSDP), an Australian Government-Asian Development Bank funded project.
The RPHSDP is currently rolling out the construction of 32 community health posts in Papua New Guinea.