Australia provides new mobile X-ray machine

AUSTRALIA has provided a SBD$1.2million mobile x-ray machine for the Medical Imagining Department at the National Referral Hospital. A statement from the Australian High Commission said the mobile machine will enable patients access x-ray services without the need to be moved to the X-ray Department. “For critical and urgent cases this will enable faster diagnosis…

Floating hospital is here

THE USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), the US floating hospital has arrived in Honiara yesterday for the Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP2). Jeff Feignberg, Mercy’s commanding officer is taking the ship on a health focus mission to the country. “We are glad to bring Mercy back to Solomon Islands for Pacific Partnership, where we can work together,…