Category: Healthcare

Medical officers strike threat
Breaking News

Medical officers strike threat

admin- September 28, 2019

Medical staff on duty at the National Referral Hospital The Solomon Islands Medical Association has issued a dialogue notice of twenty-eight days' for industrial action ... Read More

Healthcare

Bottled water products safe : HCC

admin- August 9, 2019

  Health Division of the Honiara City Council has quickly condemned media reports which claimed most bottled water products sold by shops are not safe ... Read More

New Cervical cancer vaccine launched
Government

New Cervical cancer vaccine launched

admin- May 15, 2019

A young school girl getting the first vaccination today. The Ministry of health and medical services has launched the new Human papilloma virus in Honiara ... Read More

New cancer vaccine set to be introduced next month
2019 Election

New cancer vaccine set to be introduced next month

admin- April 26, 2019

The HPV Vaccine. Photo: National Foundation for Cancer Research. Cervical cancer cases may be prevented and reduced in the future as a new vaccine is ... Read More

Drug shortage nothing to do with money : Houenipwela
Financial Budgets

Drug shortage nothing to do with money : Houenipwela

admin- April 19, 2019

Care Taker Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela. The Solomon Islands Government has spent only 50 percent of its budget for medical drugs in 2018. Care- taker ... Read More

Health services on  ‘ emergency mode ’ for NGE
2019 Election

Health services on ‘ emergency mode ’ for NGE

admin- March 29, 2019

A patient being assessed by a Nurse at the Helena Goldie Hospital. Photo courtesy of journeyonline.com.au All normal services provided at the country's only National ... Read More

100 TB cases in the country
Government

100 TB cases in the country

admin- March 26, 2019

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Ms. Pauline McNeil . Around one hundred people with Tuberculosis, TB, are estimated to be ... Read More