Category: Healthcare
Medical officers strike threat
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
Bottled water products safe : HCC
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
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
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
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
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
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