Caption: Dii Assh (second from left) presenting the
cheque to Dr Tanumei (first right)
By MATTHEW VARI
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 (Midweek Chronicle, PNG)
PNG Power has come on board to support the
National Capital District Nurses Association with K4,000 to assist them in
their preparations to attend the PNG Nurses Symposium in Mendi Town, Southern
Highlands Province, from November 4 – 8, yesterday at the NCD Health Services Office
at Gordons, Port Moresby.
With indications of more support in the
future, the country’s only electricity provider, through their Team Leader of
Health Services Dii Kamiso, emphasized the importance of heath as one of their
main corporate responsibilities.
“Unfortunately
people only look at us as only a provider of electricity, but our vision is to
provide that electricity in a safe and healthy environment.”
“Being
a state entity we have a corporate responsibility to give back to the community,
and we are to launch a program to make awareness on lifestyle diseases which
affect our people”
“This
K4,000 we are assisting you with is not the end of our partnership as we will
still assist in the future,” he said.
Director
for Curative Health Services at NCD Health, Dr Jerry Tanumei, thanked PNG Power
for their assistance as partners in the health sector- saying that involvement
of partners is very important in the National Health Plan, which refers to the
partnership of stakeholders who work with the health department to assist in
ways to encourage good health.
“The
important category of health workers is the nursing category, which is very
essential to the delivery of health services.”
“About
90% of the health workforce in the government consists of nurses; because of
their efforts in their work the department gets recognition in terms of health
service delivery.”
“One
of the important activities that is part of the National health plan is the
ongoing development of the manpower which is through formal phases like
educational courses, informally short course for a few weeks, and conferences
like the one our nurses are to attend,” he said.
He
said PNG Power represented that in their willingness to contribute to the
advancement of the knowledge and skills and empowerment of the nursing
profession.
The
National Capital District Nurses Association will send a total of 13 nurses and
a Doctor to the symposium.
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