Health Centres in the Central Province will be affected by the current fuel crisis here in Port Moresby.
Most of the health centres use gensets to supply power and there are about 5 ambulances that service the province.
Central Health Provincial Authority CEO, Dr James Amini said that they do not have enough fuel for their health centres and their ambulances and this is affecting their day to day activities.
Right now, the ambulances are only attending to urgent cases only.
Dr Amini added that the fuel crisis will affect their immunization programs to the rural areas in the province.
They usually go out to communities that are not near health centres to give out immunizations for children.
“We will be putting their awareness programs on hold for now and he hopes that the government can resolve this crisis soon so they can continue their daily operations for the people.”