BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO AND BANARBAS MANEBONA THE fourth Manila repatriation flight is likely on March 7 but is yet to be confirmed, said Dr Jimmie Rodgers, deputy secretary to the Oversight Committee, yesterday. “We are looking at one more…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO NATIONAL referral hospital (NRH) has rebuffed observations that ‘sleeping on the floor due to lack of bed’ is one contributing factor to deaths at the emergency ward. Chief Executive Officer of NRH, Dr George Malefoasi says,…
20 beds, 60-100 patients per day at the Emergency BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Emergency Department (ED) at the national referral hospital (NRH) sees 60 to 100 patients per day. This is with only 20 beds. And, this imbalance in…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO SOLOMON Islands nationals in the United Kingdom, USA and Canada are being encouraged to be vaccinated before their repatriation home. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in his recent address said the government is aware that there are…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE country now has three covid-19 cases; one new one and two reactivated cases. The new one is a returning student from the Philippines, and the two reactivated cases are persons who had returned from the…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO COVAX Facility has confirmed the allocation of a suggestive number of 108,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Solomon Islands despite missing out on Pfizer vaccines. This was confirmed by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare yesterday in…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE covid-19 vaccine side-effect is very low, says Dr Jimmie Rodgers. Rodgers, secretary to Prime Minister and deputy chairman to Over Sight Committee, clarified this in the recent radio talkback show due to lot of people…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE much talked about repatriation flight that would bring in passengers from markedly high-risk countries in terms of covid-19 arrived last night. Loti Yates Director National Disaster Management Office (NMDO) confirmed to Island Sun that the…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE national vaccination policy paper has been prepared to be submitted to the cabinet says Dr Yogesh Choudri Technical Advisor to Health Ministry. Choudhri said the paper is prepared by the Ministry of Health and Medical…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO OUTCOME of the COVID-19 vaccine application for 0.25 percent of the country’s population is still unknown. This was confirmed by Dr Yogesh Choudhri, technical advisor to Ministry of Health Medical Services at the recent radio talkback…