Oil Search pumps out K3 million to give hospital a lifeline

THE Oil Search Foundation (OSF) is contributing up to K3 million to help fund a major redevelopment of the Koroba District Hospital.
The foundation announced the redevelopment funding last month.
Hela health authority chairman and Oil Search managing director Peter Botten was accompanied to Koroba by local MP Petrus Thomas, William Robinson, Counsellor Health with the Australian High Commission, Earthquake emergency controller Dr Willian Hamblin and members of the Hela Health Authority board.
The OSF contribution is part of a multi-million kina package to redevelop the hospital with additional funding to come from district, donor partners and the government.
The delegation then laid the final footing on the foundation where a new X-ray room will be located.
The X-ray machine will arrive in the next few weeks along with a new pathology laboratory.
The hospital also received other equipment.