Kavieng Provincial Hospital in New Ireland province scaled down operations on February 17 following an attack on a senior doctor. The chief executive officer of…
Healthcare workers at the New Ireland provincial health authority called for stronger protections on February 18 following a series of assaults on medical staff. Medical…
Residents of Sumkar District in Madang began accessing essential medical services provided by NGO Youth with a Mission (YWAM) on February 15. Acting district official…
The Amaira community health post in the Awiyana constituency of Okapa District was officially opened on February 14. The level 2 facility is expected to…
Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH) received a new CT scan machine from the Japanese government on February 14 to enhance services at the facility, local…
Health Minister Elias Kapavore on February 12 announced that the government has allocated 239 million kina to provincial health authorities to address a manpower shortage.…
The National Cancer Center at Angau Memorial Hospital in Lae has reopened to patients on February 11 following a protest by the staff. Staff at…
Arawa District Hospital in Bougainville received two new electrocardiogram (ECG) machines on February 10, thanks to a donation from mining operator Bougainville Minerals Investment (BMI).…
Medical personnel in Sogeri sub-district, Kairuku-Hiri district, Central province received new housing on February 7. This facility is the result of a collaborative effort between…
Health Department deputy secretary Ken Wai said on February 4 that at least 12,000 cancer cases and 9,000 deaths are reported annually in Papua New…
Port Moresby General Hospital on February 2 commissioned two key machines to support the kidney transplant program. The hospital received a human leukocyte antigen and…
The Southern Highlands provincial health authority (SHPHA) on January 20 received a vehicle from Petroleum Resources Kutubu (PRK), a subsidiary of the Mineral Resources Development…
The Health Ministry has made leadership changes on January 20 at the Laloki Psychiatric Hospital in Hiri local level government of Central province after years…
Acting chief of the Laloki Psychiatric Hospital, Esorom Daoni, on January 16 urged the central government to provide medicine supplies and funding to the facility…
Remote villages in Hela province have no healthcare centers after the only local aid post was demolished in 2022, community health worker Philip Sukayu told…
The Enga Inter-Denominational Global Mission (EIGM) religious community opened a new Kundis community aid post in Kompiam-Ambum district, Enga, local media said on January 15.…
Opposition MP and leader of the National Party Kerenga Kua on January 15 said the planned compulsory salary deduction as part of the new insurance…
The US government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), handed over oxygen supply and medical equipment to Port Moresby General Hospital on January…
A new maternity ward was opened at the Metoreia Health Center in National Capital District, Port Moresby on January 13. The facility is expected to…
The Health Department launched a dashboard as part of its IMPACT Health Project to boost financial management in Provincial Health Authorities (PHA) across the country,…
Residents spearheaded by the Namatanai Nuhadat Association on January 13 started a fundraiser to improve facilities at the Namatanai Health Center in Namatanai, New Ireland…
Questions have been raised over the new medical insurance scheme for employees in the public sector endorsed by the central government, local reports said on…
Health Minister Elias Kapavore on January 9 said the construction of a proposed 500-million-kina hospital in Central province will be built in accordance with a…
Health Minister Elias Kapavore on January 7 said the construction of a level five hospital in Gerehu suburb, National Capital District (NCD), Port Moresby is…
Overcrowding at the Kerevat Prison in East New Britain province has led to increasing outbreaks of infectious diseases like scabies, an official said on January…
