Port Moresby General Hospital

Prime Minister, James Marape on the floor of Parliament on September 7^th 2021, directed an inquest into the death of late Rex and seven others who believed to have died from the drug after undergoing surgery. 

He also promised to present the full report in Parliament and make the findings known to the Wanzing family and the public.

Five month since the death of the 14-year-old on August 12^th 2021, the report is yet to be made public.

Members of BSP iCare Program presented more than 200 gift bags to mothers. The donation was made possible with the support of Friends of POMGEN who coordinated all donations.

BSP iCare is a community-based program that engages BSP staff members to come together and support the surrounding community in whatever ways they can.

Sadly, Christmas brings no respite for the stretcher of an ambulance, nor the bed of a hospital. POMGEN and St John were wishing for the best Christmas gift this year was for you to celebrate responsibly and stay safe.

The festive season becomes hectic for the ambulance service and public hospitals because, extra to the routine emergencies especially attending to COVID-19 cases, they have to attend to people with multiple injuries.

There were 32 babies born on Christmas Day, 14 boys and 18 were girls, two were born via caesarean section and the rest were natural births.

On Boxing Day, 39 babies were born and from these, 21 were boys and 18 were girls, four of these babies were delivered via C-Section while the rest were natural births.

Meanwhile, Morin and Jacob Don, a young couple who welcomed their first child, said they were elated that their son was born on Christmas Day.

The funding will greatly assist the major hospital to combat the Delta Variant COVID-19 crisis in the city.
During the presentation today, BSP Group CEO, Robin Fleming said BSP understands the plight the hospital is facing, especially during the COVID-19 Crisis.

“The continuous surge in the number of COVID cases not only poses a threat to PNG’s economy, it is greatly affecting businesses and the country’s health system.  Indeed this is worse than the last two surges and our staff and their families are affected as well. 

Australian High Commissioner, Jon Philp handed the equipment to St John, PMGH and the National Capital District Provincial Health Authority during his visit to the Taurama Aquatic Centre this morning.

“Oxygen keeps people alive and oxygen concentrators are key equipment for hospitals in helping patients to recover from COVID-19.

Australia has supplied more than 240 additional oxygen concentrators to help PNG clinicians provide life-saving care. Twenty-five of these have been delivered to this facility today,” Mr Philp said.

Late Charlene was nine months pregnant and was admitted at PMGH on October 9, 2021.

The family stated that after observations were done by a doctor, Charlene was declared COVID-19 positive. She had been vaccinated on September 27, 2021 – just two weeks prior.

Because of her COVID-19 status, Charlene was admitted to Ward 10, which keeps COVID-19 patients.

However, she was discharged the following day, October 10, with a prescription totaling K375, which she would pick up at a pharmacy.

PMGH’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Paki Molumi has expressed that the current COVID-19 surge is the worst so far and the numbers are alarmingly increasing.

As of Monday 11^th October, two more COVID-19 deaths were recorded, with 169 confirmed cases, 133 being admitted to PMGH and 33 at Taurama Aquatic Centre new COVID-19 holding facility.

The Taurama Aquatic Centre has now been fully dedicated to the moderate and low risk cases, relieving PMGH to deal with more severe cases and to return to normal operations.

Parents, Ben and Raela Mary Wanzing were at the Waigani District court this morning where the case is being registered at the court registry for a Coroner’s inquest into the death of their son.

“The post-mortem has been done already and this week will be the sixth week since he passed on. We thought the case was registered by the Hospital (POMGH) with the Coroner, however when we wanted to take the body to lay to rest, the Coroner said the case was never reported,” said Mrs Wanzing.

The Cardiac facility now have an Ultra Sound scan machine which is one of the latest on the market. The equipment were purchased as part of the K50 million commitment under an MOU signed in August 2020. 

Hospital CEO Dr. Paki Molumi said the funding from KPHL has made it possible for the end users of the Cardiac equipment to select the equipment of their choice which is GE.