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The British government has given $27,400 worth of equipment to the Spinal Injury Association Fiji. The Acting Director for Spinal Injury Association Fiji Josko Wakaniyasi says the equipment will help women with dis
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has urged men to be more upfront about their health. While speaking during Prostate Cancer Awareness at the CWM Hospital, Sayed-Khaiyum says a lot of men get embarrassed about t
Health Minister, Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete has today thanked all the nurses and staff of the ministry for their services and also recognised Fiji’s 32nd COVID-19 patient who is a nurse who contracted the virus while se
Minister for Health, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says just as they have a layered response to COVID-19, there can be a similar approach to prevent violence against women and girls and adds it is something to be ashamed
Three new border quarantine cases of COVID-19 have been announced by the Ministry of Health. The first 2 cases are Fijian citizens who are both in their 40s and worked in a mining company in Mali. They started thei
Minister for Health Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete says climate change challenges the achievement of universal health coverage as it poses a threat to reaching the unreached people particularly communities that are affected b
Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says any treatment or vaccine specifically for COVID-19 is a new thing for the world and only time will tell if the medicine has some side-effects. Dr Waqainabete says they a
A 2-year-old girl is still admitted at the CWM Hospital Intensive Care Unit with serious injuries following that horrific stabbing case in Nadonumai in Lami at around 3 o'clock yesterday morning. The girl's mother
The Dean of Umanand Prasad School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Professor Fred Merchant has donated 6 new hi-impact office chairs and a Breville 6 litre coffee maker to the Accident and Emergency Department at the La
Minister for Health, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says every child faces challenges in eating certain greens and just like them, he also faced difficulty in eating eggplants when he was very young. While speaking at
A COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University in England has shown to produce a strong immune response in older adults in their 60s and 70s. TVNZ News reports results from new trials published in The Lancet med
A COVID-19 vaccine developed in China has shown success in mid-stage trials. There are several vaccines being developed in China, some of which are already being administered. According to the researchers, the S
Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says every person that comes through the health facilities must be treated like we would treat our own mothers irrespective of who they are and where they come from. In
120 nurses today graduated from the Sangam College of Nursing with a Bachelor of Nursing Science Degree (Post Graduate) and Post Graduate Diploma in Midwifery where six nurses were awarded special awards for the excepti
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama says today they are honouring the service and sacrifice of those people who have given their lives in combat but we should also remember that we fight many kinds of battles. While
Vanuatu has recorded its first official case of COVID-19. Radio NZ reports the Director of Public Health Dr Len Tarivonda said the infected man had flown to Vanuatu from the United States, via Sydney and Auckland.
Good news as Fiji now has an Audiology Centre at the CWM Hospital which will give medical professionals the ability to spot hearing problems early and to manage treatment in an efficient way. The Audiology Centre h
Fiji has a new border quarantine case of COVID-19. The Ministry of Health says the patient is a 53-year-old male Fijian citizen who arrived in Nadi on Thursday 5th November 2020, on a repatriation flight from New Z
The Ministry of Health says there will be slight delays in blood test results at Labasa Hospital. The Ministry says the technicians are working on the testing machine and this should be completed by tomorrow.
People are advised to put the device time setting to manual on their electronic devices to avoid multiple incidents of de-synchronization of time. Vodafone Fiji says devices such as laptops, computers and phones ha
