Tabubil Hospital

World Malaria Day, is an annual event that is observed every year on the 25th of April as approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2007.

The Commemoration of World Malaria Day was led by the Tabubil Hospital Public Health Team with the support of Ok Tedi Mining LTD (OTML) Health Services Team.

It was a wonderful and joyous night for all patients as the hospital staff brought great smiles and happiness to their faces by presenting them with gifts starting from the General Ward to Maternity, Accidents & Emergency, Children’s Ward, General Outpatient and TB Wards.

Tabubil Hospital Administrator, Margareth Samei said the issuing of the gifts has brought great smiles and joy to patients who were unable to celebrate with their families at home.

The incubator, a vital piece of equipment for the hospital's maternity ward, was procured at a cost of K50,000 using the proceeds from OWN's successful 2022 Cancer Awareness Campaign fundraising drive.

The decision to purchase the infant incubator arose from the concerns raised by members of OWN and mothers within the community, who recognized the absence of a proper facility to care for premature or special needs infants.

Gat, who is in his 50s, endured three nights of excruciating pain after both his feet were severely burnt when he collapsed and fell into a fire on Friday 12 June.

Gat suffers from epilepsy, a medical condition that has affected him since he was a child. He said, while still lying in his stretcher waiting to be transferred to an ambulance at the Tabubil airport that it was most likely epilepsy that caused him to collapse.