Post Courier
ALOT of improvements have occurred in patient care and physical up-keep of the
Tari district hospital in the new Hela province over the last two years,
according to acting chief executive officer Dr Hamiya Hewali. Dr Hewali thanked
the National Department of Health (NDOH), Hela Governor Anderson Agiru, the then
Hela Transitional Authority (HTA) chairman James Marape, acting provincial
administrator William Bando and all stalk-holders for their support to the
hospital for an effective patient care and health services delivery to the Hela
people.
Dr Hewali highlighted this during the commissioning ceremony last Thursday in Tari of two vehicles given to Hela health services by the NDOH and the installation of solar power at Tari hospital donated by the German Consul.
Dr Hewali said, when he first took up posting at Tari in Nov 2010, the hospital had no vehicles and was serviced by one aging ambulance.
He said there were also no doctors while only 34 out of the 53 general nursing staff worked at the hospital.
He said the hospital buildings also were in deteriorating condition with leaking roofs, vandalised walls, no water and power supply to the main wards while lawlessness especially drunkards and drug addicts terrorized patients and staff including the international medical team, Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders based at the hospital.
Dr Hewali said 20 out of the 34 aid posts and health facilities in the Tari Pori district has also closed down and this placed the hospital under extreme pressure to accommodate for the influx of patients from within Tari and throughout the Hela province.
Only the church run health centers were operational with only four govt run aid-posts in Tari district. Dr Hewali said with only K300 000 provincial govts re-current budget funding for the hospital between 2011 and 2012 and the little bit of support from HTA, helps the hospitals effectiveness.
This includes acquiring of two vehicles in 2011 and another two this year while several rundown sections of the hospital and wards were given facelift. He said power and water supplies to certain wards were also installed after they were non operational. Dr Hewali said there were many plans for the improvements of patient care, health service and infrastructure delivery both for Tari hospital and Hela health services and should more funds be available, more improvements can be achieved for the hospital.
Dr Hewali highlighted this during the commissioning ceremony last Thursday in Tari of two vehicles given to Hela health services by the NDOH and the installation of solar power at Tari hospital donated by the German Consul.
Dr Hewali said, when he first took up posting at Tari in Nov 2010, the hospital had no vehicles and was serviced by one aging ambulance.
He said there were also no doctors while only 34 out of the 53 general nursing staff worked at the hospital.
He said the hospital buildings also were in deteriorating condition with leaking roofs, vandalised walls, no water and power supply to the main wards while lawlessness especially drunkards and drug addicts terrorized patients and staff including the international medical team, Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders based at the hospital.
Dr Hewali said 20 out of the 34 aid posts and health facilities in the Tari Pori district has also closed down and this placed the hospital under extreme pressure to accommodate for the influx of patients from within Tari and throughout the Hela province.
Only the church run health centers were operational with only four govt run aid-posts in Tari district. Dr Hewali said with only K300 000 provincial govts re-current budget funding for the hospital between 2011 and 2012 and the little bit of support from HTA, helps the hospitals effectiveness.
This includes acquiring of two vehicles in 2011 and another two this year while several rundown sections of the hospital and wards were given facelift. He said power and water supplies to certain wards were also installed after they were non operational. Dr Hewali said there were many plans for the improvements of patient care, health service and infrastructure delivery both for Tari hospital and Hela health services and should more funds be available, more improvements can be achieved for the hospital.
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