44 articles tagged "cwm-hospital"
Operating Rooms 3 and 4 at the CWM Hospital which were forced to close last Monday due to a recent spill of sluice wastewater, and not raw sewage, as alleged by media reports, are back online from today. The Minist
Quick action has been taken to fix the water pressure issue at the CWM Hospital East Wing, and the fault was a Diaphragm Valve which was causing the low pressure. The Ministry of Health says it is believed that tha
Surgeries, dialysis and laboratory tests are all affected at the CWM Hospital Emergency East Wing Building since yesterday due to inconsistent water supply. This has been confirmed by a concerned CWM Hospital Medical Sup
Despite some skepticism from the public, the refurbishment of the CWM Hospital is steadily progressing, with urgent upgrades being made to several key areas. This was shared by the Health Ministry as Minster Dr. Ra
The old Birthing Unit building opposite CWM Hospital on Amy Street that was destroyed this morning, is believed to be an act of arson. It is alleged that a woman was seen entering the building shortly before the fi
The old Birthing Unit located on Amy Street, opposite the CWM Hospital morgue has been destroyed in an early morning fire. Firefighters at the scene told fijivillage News that the fire broke out around
There is relief for Fijians who need pacemaker procedures done as a team of volunteer specialist doctors and nurses from New Zealand, led by renowned cardiac physiologist Fiona Riddell, is currently at the CWM Hospital,
New tables and benches for the staff room at the Ante-Natal Clinic and the Midwives Training Rooms at CWM Hospital have been purchased and delivered by the International Women’s Association Fiji. Association Pres
Works on the remaining 4 operating theatres at the CWM Hospital will continue this month at the earliest. Minister for Health Dr Ratu Atonio Lalabalavu has confirmed this to fijivillage News saying funding has gone
 Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka confirms that repairs are being done now to the East Wing elevators at CWM Hospital, and new elevators will follow soon. Rabuka's comments follow questions sent to him by fijivillag
Replacement elevators from the contracted supplier for the CWM Hospital are expected to arrive in the country next month while engineers from the company are currently at the hospital attending to the affected lift to r
What more needs to happen for someone - anyone - to finally listen to the plight of the people. International Women’s Association Fiji President Judy Compain is asking this as the elevators at the CWM Hospital ar
The CWM Hospital is once again without water as staff are handing out water bottles to patients. Questions are being asked about whether the hospital has a backup water supply. The issue is impacting surgeries
Concerns are being raised again as water woes continue at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital Maternity Ward. We have been told that mothers are given an hour to bath before supply is cut off again. They say th
As hundreds of mothers at the CWM Maternity Ward were left without access to clean drinking water this morning following a water disruption, Wai Fiji donated several days’ worth of drinking water to support pre and po
People waiting to be seen at CWM Hospital every Wednesday are being treated with love and kindness as the Faith Ministry distributes food to those who are hungry and have been waiting for hours. Church Pastor Fulor
The Ministry of Health has today said that they have observed a decline in the number of antibiotic-resistant organisms or superbugs being isolated at the CWM Hospital, and some specific organisms have not been identifi
More serious health service delivery concerns for the country from today as the CWM Hospital has put up messages that due to no reagent availability from the Fiji Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Services, all full blood c
Vilikesa Bari, the young man who was allegedly assaulted by a police officer in Nausori over the weekend, will be transferred to the CWM Hospital later today for surgery due to complications to his jaw. He is curre
There is no other option but to live with the super-bugs detected multiple times in a year at the acute wards at CWM Hospital because it is the only facility which provides various critical services and there is no opti
