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The Acting Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says every time we discuss breast cancer, everybody asks where is the equipment but the key to curing breast cancer is early diagnosis and treatment. Spea
From January 2019 to August 2020, there were 187 breast cancer cases recorded in Fiji. This is according to data collated by the Surgical and Pathology Departments at CWM Hospital. 63% of these cases did not h
There has been a rise in admission in the number of people diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome or heart diseases in the last few years that has put a pressure on the health system as it increases their requirements f
The World Health Organization has handed over personal protective equipment worth about $700,000 to Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete to support the healthcare workers in Fiji. The personal protective eq
207 new junior nurses have been posted to the CWM, Lautoka and Labasa hospitals. They are now part of the health system and will be appointed as staff nurses after completing their internship. The Health Minis
Health Minister Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete says that by next year they are planning to have a Centre for Disease Control lab in the western division which is likely to be in Nadi. Dr. Waqainabete says it is not just
Minister for Health, Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says that the World Health Organization has assessed Fiji and has declared that Fiji’s COVID-19 testing is 100 percent compliant of the highest calibre of testing. Whi
The Fiji Medical Association has strongly condemned the act of cowardly violence that was committed against one of the doctors at Ba Mission Hospital yesterday. President, Doctor Basharat Munshi says the doctor was
As part of its COVID-19 response in the Pacific, the International Committee of the Red Cross Donated more than 20,000 pieces of Personal Protective Equipment to the Fiji Corrections Service. This includes protecti
A doctor who was working through the night at a public hospital in the Western Division was allegedly assaulted just before 8am today by a patient's relative. Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says the y
Fijian medical technicians and doctors are undergoing training on how to operate the 30 ventilators donated by the U.S. government in August to help with the fight against COVID-19. US Ambassador to Fiji Joseph Cel
The Director of the Sai Prema Foundation Fiji Summet Tappoo says 60 children need heart surgery and 15 of the children are in critical condition. Tappoo says these cases were identified through the screening done at th
The Sai Sanjeevani Medical Centre has served more than 12,000 people, completely free of cost. This was highlighted by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama while speaking during the Sai Prema Foundation Fiji’s 4th A
Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says the majority of the medicines that were in short supply due to the chronic shortages worldwide are now all in stock however the ministry is mindful that they are now cat
The Ministry of Health has managed to get in medical supplies needed at the health facilities around the country by getting some freight flights and 8 shipping containers. This has resulted in surgeries continuing
Half of the suicide victims this year were between the age of 18 to 45 years while 5 deaths involved people under the age of 17 years with two deaths between the age of 6 to 12 years. This has been revealed by the
20 participants from various workplaces are taking part in a training that will enable them to become mental health champions at their workplaces. These champions are being trained to detect mental health issues in
127 children of the 1,104 screened at the Sai Sanjeevani Children’s Heart Screening Centre since April last year have been diagnosed with congenital heart disease while 129 were found to have rheumatic heart disease.
1543 is the new Lifeline Fiji Crisis short code number, and is available 24/7. While launching the Lifeline Fiji Crisis Number, Speaker of Parliament, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau said Lifeline focuses primarily on suicid
Leading mental health expert in Fiji is urging people to take out at least an hour a day to do what they enjoy the most and focus on their mental health and reduce stress level. Speaking at the launch of the Mental
