Mt Hagen General Hospital

Western Highlands Provincial Health Authority acting chief executive officer, Dr Jonah Kurubi officially opened the new facilities on Monday 7^th August, 2023.

The staff clinic and on-call rooms were established to manage risk and promote the safety of both staff and patients in the hospital hence; a hospital that runs 24/7 and has very high trauma rates and limited staff must have Doctors (registrars and residents) on call.

Mt Hagen General Hospital Section Supervisor for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sister Edith Namba made this statement during the opening of a new Family Support Centre (FSC) at the hospital on Thursday. 

Sr Namba said the facility would provide a confidential and secure setting where survivors of family and sexual violence could access the professional support they need.

“Mothers and women are dying slowly from this epidemic.

The staff started the protest three weeks ago over allegations that there were shortages in the availability of several basic clinical services at the Mt Hagen General Hospital.

The strike ended last weekend after an investigation team flew to Mt Hagen from Port Moresby to look into the claims.

A 120-page petition was brought to Port Moresby by several senior staff of the hospital and presented to the Health Minister Michael Malabag earlier this month (March 9).