11th March 2014
Australian Urology Specialist Team to visit Honiara
An Australian urology specialist team will visit Honiara from 13-23 March to provide free consultations and treatment for Solomon Islanders with urological conditions.
The team will be based at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara and will provide diagnosis and treatment to patients with urological conditions.
The team will work with in-country medical personnel to assist to further develop local skills.
The visit is being carried out under the Pacific Islands Program, funded by the Australian Government and managed by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
The visiting team includes a Surgeon, an Anaesthetist, a Physiotherapist, two nurses and a consultant.
Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Andrew Byrne said Australian medical teams have been visiting the Solomon Islands for many years to provide free medical consultations and surgery to help people.
“The medical team gives Solomon Islanders the chance for specialist medical consultations and treatment not readily available in the Solomon Islands. Not only do they make a difference to the people they treat and operate on, they also boost the skills of local doctors and nurses at the hospital, which leaves a lasting legacy.”
“The visit by the medical team is one of several specialist medical visits made every year to Solomon Islands and is a very important part of Australia’s ongoing assistance to the people and Government of Solomon Islands.”
The Australian Government funds around 50 surgical visiting teams to Pacific Island countries every year.
People in Honiara and the surrounding provinces are urged to contact their local health care centre or health care worker to be referred to the visiting medical team.
To get more details of the visit, please contact Dr Dudley Ba’erodo at the Surgical Department, National Referral Hospital.