Pacific International Hospital

The 3-day advanced cardiac camp has been organised with the West New Britain Provincial Health Authority.

The camp commences today, July 5, and runs through to Friday, July 7, and will be stationed at the Kimbe General Hospital.

The camp will conduct ECG tests, echo-cardiogram & will have a senior consultant (cardiologist) – Dr Suresh Venkita – counselling patients, for free.

He will also talk to the aggregated medical fraternity (grand round) on the medical aspects of heart failure, in a talk titled “Heart Failure - Recent Advances” on Friday (8am – 9am).

The equation has also gone to show that most cases are from the affluent population than those from rural areas.

Unfortunately, many women, especially those from the rural areas, present themselves when the cancer is already at its late stage and needs surgical intervention, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and long term follow-up treatment after surgery.

This statistic poses a challenge, says the Senior Consultant – Dr Mathias Sapuri.

Mammography is a low-dose x-ray procedure to see the internal structure of the breast and is commonly used in examination of breast cancer – one of the most common cancer in women.

The free screening will be given to women who are over 30 years of age, have history of breast cancer in the family and have been referred to by any government or private hospital/health centre or an Health Extension Officer.

PIH will also conduct pap smear tests for cervical cancer, to address two types of cancer at one time.

NGBC will be funding this program for K350,000.

This international day is celebrated around the world on 12 May (the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth) each year, to mark the contributions nurses make to society.

The theme for this year is 'A voice to lead - achieving sustainable development goals'.

PIH celebrated the day with in-house presentations and dramas staged by each departments within the hospital. The message stressed was being the voice.

In a first of its kind understanding, Pacific International Hospital and the Rigo District Development Authority has allowed this basic service to the people in the district.

As per the commitment to Rigo DDA, PIH conducted its specialist clinics at the Kwikila Health Centre over the weekend.

Medical Director of PIH, Dr Suresh Venkita, attended to patients with Internal Medicine queries at Kwikila on Saturday, May 7.

This was part of  an agreement to provide a different specialist every week for those the Kwikila Health Centre caters to.

Dr Suresh Venkita from the Pacific International Hospital reminds you that “a high intake of sugar any time is unwise”.

In an apparently healthy person, he says, sugar is a fuel which has to be burned efficiently and quickly before it is turned into fat (like surplus money which is parked in a fixed deposit!).

There’s also the risk of accidents due to high sugar intake in one time.

How?

A team of four specialists from India, three cardiac surgeons and one cardiac anaesthesiologist made this possible through a partnership with PIH.

The team including a back-up group from the host hospital began almost back-to-back operations since April 2.

The final surgery was completed yesterday, April 5.

Dr Vishal Gupta said the outcome has been very satisfactory.

Dr Venkita is the Medical Doctor and Chief Physician (Cardiology and internal medicine) with Pacific International Hospital in Port Moresby.

He says life these days are highly stressful and if there’s one advice he can give for February 14, it is to keep that vital organ happy on this special date.

“A happy heart is a safe heart, so the happier you are, the calmer you are, the more peaceful you are, your heart is too.

Most clusters are too small to cause any problems and pass out of the body in the urine but are one of the most common disorders of the urinary tract.

Professor and renowned urologist, Dr Lional Ganaraj is currently in the country consulting with the Pacific International Hospital is an expertise in kidney stone removal and transplant of kidneys.

Speaking in a conference today, Dr Lionel spoke of the importance of how kidney stones can cause an infection in the human body.

This message has been stressed with emphasis, directly aimed at the women population of PNG by the Prime Minister’s wife, Linda Babao.

Prior to Globe-a-thon walk this morning, Ms Babao reiterated on the importance of early screening, reminding women that “when you invest in your health, you are investing time into your family.”