Improvement in Fiji’s health care facilities and resources has seen the Ministry of Health provide medical support to both the local population as well as regional friends.
Recently two patients from Solomon Islands were referred to Colonial War Memorial (CWM) hospital by the National Referral Hospital of Honiara who underwent angiography test conducted by local specialists.
Another patient from Kiribati was also referred to CWM hospital for cardiac check up.
Minister for Health Dr Neil Sharma said this is one of the key achievements of the Ministry and reflects the improvement into Fiji’s health care system.
“The referral of patients by Solomon Islands and Kiribati to Fiji shows that we have well driven health care facilities and resources which not only benefits locals but our regional friends as well”, Dr. Sharma added.
“Not too long ago a Fijian Government rehabilitation team was also in Nauru to assess amputees with the aim of getting them ready for prosthetic limb fitting in Fiji.
“The request came through Nauru’s Minister of Health during a regional ministerial meeting held recently. A rehab doctor and two physiotherapists were in Nauru with 30 patients,” Dr Sharma said.
“Nauru has a hospital but does not have prosthetic services especially for amputees.”
He added that the selected patients would be travelling to Fiji to get their limbs fitted at the Tamavua hospital.
Meanwhile, the Ministry has also commissioned an MRI machine and a CT scanner that had assisted in improved services by the staff.
“Additional to the Cardiac Cat Lab, we have added a non-invasive cardiology in the form of echocardiography to see the status of the heart soon after heart attack or to detect valves and leaks within the heart,” Dr Sharma added.
“We are renovating three operating theatres in the west wing as well and that will take us up to 11 operating theatres and there is already an operating theatre in the eye hospital,” he said.
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