Nogat Marasin Campaign

Member for Bulolo, Sam Basil Junior queried whether the National Department of Health was fully funded to carry out its duties.

Basil told parliament Morobe Province was taking the lead in the ‘Nogat Marasin’ campaign and sought answers from the National Department of Health as to why there was no basic medicine in hospitals.

Wenge received the group’s petition on Monday, and promised to raise it during the 2^nd Provincial Governors Conference this week. However, he did not do so.

The “Nogat Marasin Campaign” was recently started by a group of concerned Lae residents from the media industry, health and education sectors and also members of the civil society.

The initiative was started to highlight the chronic shortage in medicine and medical consumables, and push mandated leaders and agencies to find and implement solutions. 

Yesterday, the group organised a meeting with Morobe Governor, Luther Wenge, where they presented their petition, expressing deep concern regarding the absence of medicines in government-operated hospitals both within Morobe Province and across the nation.

The group, which consists of journalists, health workers, advocates and other professionals in Lae, believe that the people’s right to access basic health services is obstructed by administrative policies and procedures.