According to an article in today’s edition of the Island Sun online newspaper, the Japanese Government is conducting internal discussions with relevant government ministries to upgrade the Kilu’ufi hospital in Malaita province.
The First Secretary to the Japanese Embassy, Asano Yoko confirmed this when she appeared before the Public Accounts Committee in Parliament.
She said a study team is expected to travel to Kilu’ufi to collect all information before the start of construction.
Member of Parliament for Aoke Langalanga, Mathew Wale has welcomed the announcement and thanked the Japanese government for the support.
Kilu’ of hospital is the third-largest hospital in the Solomon Islands and located 4km North of Auki, the capital of Malaita Province.
In 2011, the Japanese government built a new state of the art hospital in Gizo, Western province.
The Gizo hospital consists of sixty beds, two operating theatres and serves 100,000 people in Western Province, Choiseul and part of Isabel.
The development happened after the tsunami in 2007 devastated the old hospital.
Source. Islands Sun newspaper.
Comment.
Soromon shotō e no keizoku-tekina shien ni Nihon ni kansha shimasu. (Thank you Japan for the continuous support to the Solomon Islands.
Yours sincerely
Frank Short
