Papua New Guinea’s low mobile network coverage and consistent power black-outs are hindering the work of emergency doctors as they respond to patients.
A recent symposium saw 70 doctors from around PNG meet to discuss the future of emergency medicine, and the topic on innovating data collection was front of mind.
President of the PNG Society for Emergency Medicine Dr Gary Nou said that access to up-to-date data around patient care could improve health systems around the country.
“We could demonstrate our numbers … we could demonstrate waiting times … it was just us using spreadsheets and pushing that along,” he said.
Source: ABC Pacific