{"id":208417,"date":"2021-04-30T15:41:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T05:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/?p=208417"},"modified":"2021-04-30T15:41:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T05:41:34","slug":"community-health-worker-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/community-health-worker-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Health Worker Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A community health worker at Busamang Aidpost Centre in the Huon Gulf district of Morobe province has raised concerns about the spike of COVID-19 cases in Lae<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of last week, the total number of cases reported in the province was 695, the highest being reported in Lae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sr. Anbolyn Anjen says the aidpost does not have the capacity to handle COVID-19 cases if they are identified in Busamang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anjen said the locals traveling to Lae regularly and the probability of contracting COVID-19 is high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-30-at-3.30.57-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208419\"\/><figcaption><em>The main mode of transport is by dinghy.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The aidpost does not have an isolation ward nor a transport to transfer patients to Lae if they tested positive to COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst Anjen&#8217;s concern was on COVID-19, recurring challenges continue to affect the aidpost&#8217;s operations, Medicine is one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-30-at-3.30.16-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208420\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Medicine supply coming in from the Salamaua Health Centre is often delayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Busamang is part of the larger New Guinea landmass, it is accessible only by sea and logistics is one of the challenges faced by the aidpost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A community health worker at Busamang Aidpost Centre in the Huon Gulf district of Morobe province has raised concerns about the spike of COVID-19 cases in Lae.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,49,24],"tags":[2818,389],"class_list":["post-208417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-momase","category-news","tag-busamang-aidpost","tag-morobe-province"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}