PM visits Angau

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PRIME Minister James Marape and Australian High Commissioner Bruce Davis visited the Angau Hospital redevelopment in Lae on Friday.
Delivered under the Papua New Guinea-Australia Partnership, the redevelopment will provide a world-class hospital in Lae.
An Australian High Commission statement said the project also includes upgrades to five health clinics in Bulolo, Wau, Mutzing, Etep and Braun, ensuring better health service delivery in remote communities.
During the visit, Marape and Davis opened the new Angau Haus Lotu, the hospital’s multi-denominational chapel.
The architecturally striking building has a uniquely Papua New Guinean design and was built by local Lae company HBS.
Other facilities already completed at Angau include a new administration building, theatre, gynaecology ward, family support centre and dental clinic.
Construction activities progressed rapidly this year, with work on a new acute services building equipped with a modern intensive care unit, operating theatres and pathology and medical imaging facilities. Further work is continuing on a new back of house facility (kitchen, laundry, workshop and central energy), birthing, TB and paediatric wards, children’s outpatients department and special care nursery.
The two governments are taking a holistic approach to the redevelopment, which includes infrastructure, medical equipment, and training and development of hospital staff.
Once completed, Angau Hospital will be the major regional referral hospital for Mamose and a leading specialist healthcare provider for PNG.