New Central hospital to relieve health caring work in NCD

NATIONAL Capital District Governor Powes Parkop says health facilities in the city will deal with fewer patients when the new Central Provincial Hospital opens in Bautama, outside Port Moresby, in 2025.
He said the hospital, which was launched yesterday and would be completed in three years, was an important project as it would relieve the strain on the city’s health system and contribute to better health care for the people.
“This will solve the issue of congestion of patients at the Port Moresby General Hospital and clinics in the city,” he said.
“The city has a population of over one million people.
“An actual census was not conducted for us to know the actual population.”
However, Parkop said if Digicel had 700,000 subscribers in NCD, then there were subscribers of b-mobile and there were others who did not subscribe to either of these networks, hence the population estimate.
“With no hospital in Central, around 500,000, some people from Gulf and other parts of PNG also come to Port Moresby for health care treatment,” he said. “The health facilities in the city do not have the capacity for a million people, but have been doing so for a long time.”
Parkop said NCD welcomed the project and looked forward to its completion.