Port Moresby General Hospital

Speaking this morning outside the Port Moresby General Hospital morgue, Pidik’s boss, Jamie Pang said Pidik was a true honest worker.

Pidik worked at the Betting Shop in the Properties and Maintenance section for over a year.

“He was one of the good guys. Pidik was a man who wanted to work and help support his family.

“This senseless violence must stop. It’s pointless violence. If you want to fight, join a kickboxing club or boxing club and go fight in the ring like a true professional.

Braithwaite arrived in Port Moresby yesterday afternoon.

In a press conference today, deputy chair lady of the Port Moresby General Hospital Board, Cathy Johnson, says Braithwaite has kindly donated his time to fly into the country to preform to raise funds for Operation Open Heart.

James Pomat says the Youth Blood Drive Team managed to collect 80 bags of life saving blood from very willing students.

He thanked the Port Moresby General Hospital for such a program that the school was happy to participate in, donating blood for the worthy cause of saving lives.

“We have taught the boys three important reasons for giving blood; firstly, is to save the life of another person, secondly; to be able to know their blood type and know the benefits of giving blood,” Pomat says.

The 12-month project involves the new TB treatment designed for children with medication that is dissolvable, better tasting and requires children to take fewer pills each day.

Australia has provided K542,000 toward piloting the project, which will be used to buy and distribute child TB medication and to develop protocols for roll out across the country.

Speaking at the launch of the project, Australian High Commissioner Counsellor for Health and HIV, Christine Sturrock, said currently in PNG, child-friendly TB drugs are not available.

The Malaysian Association have been involved with Port Moresby General Hospital for many years and over the last three years have been donating vehicles to the hospital for their operations.

Port Moresby Hospital Chief Executive Officer Grant Muddle thanked the Malaysian Association of PNG for the  generosity  in giving  two new vehicles to the hospital.

Muddle added that the bus will be used for transportation of hospital staff to make sure they turn up to work safely and on time to attend to patients.

She is also the longest survivor in PNG to have lived after being diagnosed with breast cancer first in 1994, and then again for cancer of the uterus (endometrial cancer) in 1995.

Her story is an inspiration; displaying bravery and strong mind power during an era where the disease called cancer was not known by many in PNG.

While others younger than her diagnosed with cancer have already died, Poio lives to tell her story.

Background information from World Health Organisation
Every year, on June 14, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day.

The event serves to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood and to raise awareness of the need for regular blood donations to ensure the quality, safety, and availability of blood and blood products for patients in need.

Typhoid fever occurs predominantly in association with contamination of sewage to the water supply and poor hygiene; flying insects may also transfer bacteria to food. Shellfish, particularly oysters, grown in polluted water and fresh vegetables grown on soil fertilised or contaminated by untreated sewage are other possible causes.

From World Health Organization - 
Every year, the World Health Organization selects a priority area of global public health concern as the theme for World Health Day, which falls on 7 April, the birthday of the Organization.

With World Malaria Day this month on April 25, we wanted to share with you some useful information on malaria. Understand your risk, see your doctor if you are experiencing symptoms and follow guidelines for prevention.

For more information, please contact info@portmoresbygeneralhospital.com

What is malaria?
Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes called "malaria vectors".