Proper health training needed

THE poor health indicators of Papua New Guinea can be improved by training the workforce to meet better standards, officials say.
The Sesago Healthcare Ltd managing director Sanjay Gosalia said this when presenting K30,000 to the PNG Medical Society for their 55th Medical Symposium.
Under the theme “Health education”, the symposium will be held from Sept 1-6 in Port Moresby.
Gosalia said they were happy to support medical professionals in PNG.
He said the company had been recognised by the government as one of the country’s major distributors of pharmaceuticals.
PNG Medical Society president Prof Nakapi Tefuarani said Sesago was the symposium’s bronze sponsor.
Tefuarani, who is the executive dean of the school of medicine and health sciences at University of Papua New Guinea, said the symposium was an annual event.
He said it provided an opportunity where nationals, international doctors, academics, researchers of medicine and surgery and other health workers came together to present papers, discuss issues of national interest that supported healthcare standards and the latest development of health practices
“Some of these presentations ensure appropriate issues are proposed with resolutions and recommendations made to the Department of Health,” he said.
“This is to ensure health policies are strategised and formulated to improve PNG’s health standards and practices.
“We are inviting up to 1,000 speakers and participants from around the country and the world including renowned experts and the president of the World Federation of Medical Education to speak at the symposium.”