Category: Healthcare

NRH NOT AWARE OF DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH BLOOD SHORTAGE
Healthcare

NRH NOT AWARE OF DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH BLOOD SHORTAGE

admin- February 4, 2016

Inside the National Referral hospital. Photo credit: SIBC. The National Referral Hospital is not aware of any deaths directly associated with blood shortage at the ... Read More

CLEAN UP YOUR SURROUNDINGS: WHO
Disease Outbreak

CLEAN UP YOUR SURROUNDINGS: WHO

admin- February 3, 2016

Zika virus can be transmitted by a similar dengue mosquito. Photo credit: zipheal.com The World Health Organisation in the country continues its call for people ... Read More

MEDICAL WORKERS’ SECURITY A CONCERN AT NRH
Healthcare

MEDICAL WORKERS’ SECURITY A CONCERN AT NRH

admin- February 1, 2016

Inside the National Referral hospital. Photo credit: SIBC. The security of medical practitioners serving at the National Referral Hospital has again been questioned after a ... Read More

AUSTRALIA PROVIDES BASIC HEALTHCARE SUPPORT TO SI
Australia

AUSTRALIA PROVIDES BASIC HEALTHCARE SUPPORT TO SI

admin- January 30, 2016

Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Andrew Byrne. Photo: Courtesy of Sydney Morning Herald. Australia has provided about SBD$18 million to the Solomon Islands Government ... Read More

NATIONAL BLOOD PROGRAMME INADEQUATE: HEATH AUTHORITIES
Government

NATIONAL BLOOD PROGRAMME INADEQUATE: HEATH AUTHORITIES

admin- January 29, 2016

A blood unit. Photo credit: ourdonorssavelives.wordpress.com Authorities of the National Blood Bank at the National Referral Hospital have acknowledged that the current set up of ... Read More

PEOPLE TOLD TO CHANGE ATTITUDE TOWARDS WASTE MANAGEMENT
Healthcare

PEOPLE TOLD TO CHANGE ATTITUDE TOWARDS WASTE MANAGEMENT

admin- January 29, 2016

New rubbish bins installed around Honiara City. Photo credit: HCC. A north Malaita man has called on Solomon Islanders to change their attitude, character and ... Read More

PARENTS DISCOURAGED TO TREAT DIARRHOEA WITH HERBS
Healthcare

PARENTS DISCOURAGED TO TREAT DIARRHOEA WITH HERBS

admin- January 28, 2016

Dehydration the silent killer. Photo credit: www.myhdiet.com The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has discouraged parents against the use of herbal medicine to treat ... Read More