By MATTHEW VARI
Sunday, March 15, 2015 (Sunday Chronicle, PNG)
MEMBER for Yangoru Saussia and Minister for Trade Commerce Industry Richard Maru announced that the Catholic Church in the province had indicated in principle to the selling of prime land at Wiruwi in East Sepik for the building of a major referral hospital for the province.
In a recent visit to East Sepik by the Minister for Health and HIV and AIDS, Michael Malabag, they visited the proposed site for the new hospital.
“I am happy to say that in principle the bishop has agreed to sell 50 hectares of prime land in Wiruwi, we will be bringing to cabinet a submission this year to build a new referral hospital for East Sepik and Sandaun province to be built in Wiruwi that would replace Boram and in that complex there will be a new school of nursing for the East and West Sepik provinces,” Minister Maru said.
“For the record we do not have enough nurses in the province- I was quiet amazed when we were there with the Minister for a lot of the old retired nurses to be engaged by Allan (Boram Hospital Chairman) and his board because we simply do not have nurses.”
“The big problem was the closing of the Boram School of Nursing and it important we build this new hospital which is to be a part of the Divine Word University.”
He said once the nursing college is established under the new hospital, the training girls from East and West Sepik pursuingnurserywill be trained locally.
“A number of our girls have been turned back from other nursing schools due to space shortages,” he pointed out.
“I met with the Prime Minister yesterday and he was generous to say that he is willing to support the funding of the (Boram) hospital rehabilitation program and also the new hospital and the school of nursing.”
“I would like to put on record our appreciation to the Catholic Church for approving in principle to begin our surveys- we have been talking about this land for three years and the Catholic Church has finally come good.
Maru assured the church that the Valuer General’s Office would be used and the state would be paying the church on the current market values for the land.
“NEC will appropriate funding in next year’s budget so we can get the work underway through the National Department of Health.”
Boram Hospital Board Chairman Allan Bird confirmed the staffing constraints currently experienced in the province.
“Right now the whole province is short about 500 health workers, that include both nurse and doctors, and community health workers.”
“I am sure the situation is not only isolated to us with other provinces also in the same boat, but we all need to solve our own problems.”
“If we get our own nursing college that will go along way in reducing our manpower capacity issues,” Mr Bird said.
Sunday, March 15, 2015 (Sunday Chronicle, PNG)
MEMBER for Yangoru Saussia and Minister for Trade Commerce Industry Richard Maru announced that the Catholic Church in the province had indicated in principle to the selling of prime land at Wiruwi in East Sepik for the building of a major referral hospital for the province.
In a recent visit to East Sepik by the Minister for Health and HIV and AIDS, Michael Malabag, they visited the proposed site for the new hospital.
“I am happy to say that in principle the bishop has agreed to sell 50 hectares of prime land in Wiruwi, we will be bringing to cabinet a submission this year to build a new referral hospital for East Sepik and Sandaun province to be built in Wiruwi that would replace Boram and in that complex there will be a new school of nursing for the East and West Sepik provinces,” Minister Maru said.
“For the record we do not have enough nurses in the province- I was quiet amazed when we were there with the Minister for a lot of the old retired nurses to be engaged by Allan (Boram Hospital Chairman) and his board because we simply do not have nurses.”
“The big problem was the closing of the Boram School of Nursing and it important we build this new hospital which is to be a part of the Divine Word University.”
He said once the nursing college is established under the new hospital, the training girls from East and West Sepik pursuingnurserywill be trained locally.
“A number of our girls have been turned back from other nursing schools due to space shortages,” he pointed out.
“I met with the Prime Minister yesterday and he was generous to say that he is willing to support the funding of the (Boram) hospital rehabilitation program and also the new hospital and the school of nursing.”
“I would like to put on record our appreciation to the Catholic Church for approving in principle to begin our surveys- we have been talking about this land for three years and the Catholic Church has finally come good.
Maru assured the church that the Valuer General’s Office would be used and the state would be paying the church on the current market values for the land.
“NEC will appropriate funding in next year’s budget so we can get the work underway through the National Department of Health.”
Boram Hospital Board Chairman Allan Bird confirmed the staffing constraints currently experienced in the province.
“Right now the whole province is short about 500 health workers, that include both nurse and doctors, and community health workers.”
“I am sure the situation is not only isolated to us with other provinces also in the same boat, but we all need to solve our own problems.”
“If we get our own nursing college that will go along way in reducing our manpower capacity issues,” Mr Bird said.
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