PNG medical drug importation

All imported medical drugs are tested, says PM

The PM was responding to questions from Northern Governor Gary Juffa in Parliament yesterday because the Health Minister Michael Malabag did not attend the sitting.

Juffa, in a series of questions, asked if the Prime Minister was aware that antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV patients in public hospital had stocks that will last for two months only.

He also asked why a medical laboratory, announced two years ago to test imported drugs, is yet to be built, and if the government had plans to help Papua New Guineans seek treatment of cancer.