MHMS condemns speculation on social media BY ALFRED PAGEPITU THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has rubbished speculation on social media that the coronavirus has reached Solomon Islands that Ministry has done nothing over the monitoring at the…
Government work plan to counter coronavirus THE National Government through the Ministry Of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) with other agencies is taking a leading role to manage and strategise on measures to combat coronavirus. MHMS this week submitted a…
13 betel nut sellers arrested By Mike Puia THIRTEEN betel nut vendors were arrested and in custody as Honiara City Council (HCC) enforce tough measure against those illegally selling betel nut on the street as of yesterday. The vendors were…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO MINISTER for Health and Medical Services Dickson Mua on Thursday launched the four years multi-sectoral national Non-communicable Diseases strategic plan 2019-2023. The four-year multi sectoral strategic plan is a collaborative effort of the ministry of health,…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO OPERATIONS at the National Referral Hospital Operating Theatre will scale down due to shortage of Terumo blood bag supplies. Terumo blood bags are high quality, high-value blood bags designed for the collection, processing and storage of…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO MINERAL water processed in the country are safe and have met the required standard of water bottling processes, says George Titiulu, Head of Environmental Health Division at the Honiara City Council. He said this yesterday following…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE high rates of non-communicable diseases (NCD) is leading to more cases of blindness, it is reported. And, eye health care providers have been told to work together to fight the alarming rate of NCDs in…
Stop notice issued to logging company, investigation underway By Mike Puia A stop notice has been issued to a logging company operating on the upstream of Kovi and Kungulai water sources as investigation carried out to determine the cause…
Honiara tops ‘most settlements with reported cases’, 3 provinces top list across country BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THREE provinces have reported the most cases of leprosy, and the nation’s capital Honiara sits on top as having the most number…
By Mike Puia LOCAL patient who voluntarily left the National Referral Hospital (NRH) described the country’s national hospital in Honiara as a ‘death row’. Civil society advocator, Ismael Nori, has been in admission at the NRH for months. Nori decided…
