Health Centres in the Kokopo district of East New Britain province are all geared up and ready for the festive season operations.
Kokopo District Health Manager Mrs. Anastasia Tio, confirmed that there will be no shutdown for the health centers in Kokopo district during the festive period.
Mrs. Tio elaborated that staff have scheduled a rooster with a group of ten staff members to work during the Christmas and New Year’s Day and at the same time, hold Christmas celebrations together with patients at the hospital.
“We have hospitals like St. Mary’s hospital and other hospitals that usually have patients. These hospitals have programs for Christmas and New Year which the staffs on duty are going to be with them (Patients).”
She said staff members are also advised to work full hours and make sure to attend to patients when they’re on duty.
“We have allocated K500 to K1, 000 from the user fee component and this is purposely for Christmas and New Year celebrations in these hospitals”.
In the meantime, Mrs. Tio reported that they have not encountered any major accidents or incidents so for this festive period.