Effort to prevent tuberculosis in Papua New Guineareceived a boost on Monday withthe opening of new specialist treatment facilities at Daru General Hospital in PNG rsquo;s Western Province.
Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs Senator Matt Thistlethwaite openedthe 22-bed TBrand isolation ward at Daru General Hospital with Health Minister Michael Malabag.
The ward comprises six rooms as well as a sixteen bed ward for patients recovering from TBe
The new ward is part of Australia’s Thirty Three Million Dollars commitment to supportthe Government oPNG’s approach to detection and treatment of TBein Western Province.
Meantime, acrosPNG around fourteen thousand new cases of TBeare diagnosed every year, making it one ofthe country’s most significant health and development issues.
