MORE than a hundred patients from various parts of Western Province have turned up at Gizo Hospital this week to receive treatment from the visiting Eye Specialist Team from the Regional Eye Centre, National Referral Hospital (NRH), under the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS). The team began seeing patients and operations on Monday. Within two days,…
A 54-YEAR-OLD man described by the court as an “all-time risk” to his community has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping his niece in front of her children in 2021 in Makira-Ulawa Province. Deputy Chief Justice Rex Faukona handed down the sentence recently, ordering that one and a half month be deducted…
TWO men have been found guilty of murdering a 13-year-old girl at Temela in the Reef Islands, Temotu Province in 2022. Submissions on the minimum term they will serve in prison before they are considered for parole will be made tomorrow. John Tealava, 73, and Patrick Paikai 55, were convicted on Saturday of the murder…
NATIONAL Referral Hospital has recorded an alarming increase in attendances and admissions in NCDs at the tertiary hospital level in 2023. Minister of Health and Medical Services, Dr Paul Popora Bosawai confirmed in Parliament yesterday that this pattern starts at the primary and secondary care level of the health care system of the country. The…
A MAN has been sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to raping his 14-year-old nephew in his bedroom in Honiara in 2024. The 43-year-old man who could not be named to protect the victim’s identity was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to one count of rape. Justice John Keniapisia, when imposing sentence,…
Nurses and frontline health workers in the Western Province have raised serious concerns over the unequal distribution of COVID-19 allowances, claiming that some staff are yet to receive their payments years after the pandemic response. Reports reaching the Solomon Star revealed that a number of nurses and health officers who served during the height of the COVID-19…
Health workers from Aola Rural Health Clinic have reached Sanalumu Community High School (CHS) in Valasi Ward, East Central Guadalcanal, as part of an ongoing trachoma awareness and dose distribution campaign. The program, targeting students, teachers, and parents, is part of a larger initiative to curb the spread of trachoma—a leading cause of preventable blindness—within high-risk communities.…
Governmen through the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) is taking steps to address the ongoing water supply challenges faced by Helena Goldie Hospital in Munda, Western Province. Minister for Health and Medical Services Dr. Paul Popora Bosawai confirmed this in Parliament on Monday in response to a question from Opposition Leader Hon. Mathew Wale. Dr. Bosawai said the hospital has…
The Solomon Islands needs a minimum of 20 anaesthetist doctors to effectively serve the entire country, according to the Minister of Health and Medical Services, Dr. Paul Popora Bosawai. Anaesthetists are specialist doctors who provide anaesthetic care before, during, and after surgical and medical procedures. They assess patients, administer general, local, or regional anaesthesia, and monitor vital signs such as heart…
The National Referral Hospital (NRH) Oncology Unit proudly hosted a fifth visiting clinical oncology team from Canberra Hospital, Australia, from October 6 to 10, 2025, as part of the ongoing project to enhance cancer care services in the Solomon Islands which started with an initial scoping visit in 2016. Led by Professor Desmond Yip (Medical…