22 February 2022
Five clinics in the remote areas of South Guadalcanal have been boosted with basic medical supplies like panadol, amoxilin and others over the weekend.
The clinics were located at Mbiti, Koloula, Kuma, Madakatcho and Parinaho.
The medical donations comes after Madakatcho had recorded three positive cases of Covid-19 following swabs carried out by a nurse there.
The Member of Parliament for South Guadalcanal, Rollence Seleso travelled to his constituency on Sunday to deliver the consignment of medicine after reports that the five clinics had run out of stocks and had a lack of manpower.
Mr.Seleso said his team had liaised with the Guadalcanal Province Provincial Disaster Operation Centre (PDOC) and the National Medical Store and the constituency supplemented the payment for the medicines.
He said two main clinics at Kuma and Madakatcha have received oxygen concentrators to deal with any severe cases of Covid-19.
In addition, Mr. Seleso used the trip to assess the situation on the ground by talking to the nurses.
Mr. Seleso has said there is a plan in place to set up three teams namely a vaccination, swabbing and awareness group.
“We have realized many people have not got their vaccination.
“However, the nurses have trained at Avuavu and Tangarare to do swabbing,” he said.
Mr. Seleso said his team identified that the nurses also need PPEs following the three positive cases and ice boxes to preserve the medicines.
He said his constituency needs to be fully stocked with medicines because of its remoteness and inconsistent shipping services.
With the basic medical suppliers, Mr. Seleso is confident his people can withstand the community outbreak of Covid 19.
Source – island Sun newspaper.
Comment.
MP Seleso is thanked for his community service to his constituents by delivering basic medical supplies.
Yours sincerely
Frank Short
