The Port Moresby General Hospital’s Special Care Nursery at the Labour Ward received 96 bags of necessities for babies, donated by the final year Tourism and Hospitality Management students of the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) recently.
The 23 students visited 2 main nursery rooms and gifted each mother and her baby a plastic bag filled with diapers, powder, oil and more.
Among the goods donated were two bags of clothes for the mothers.
Student in-charge, Diandra Neil, said that the visit was an outreach program that was part of their academic assessment as well as community service to give back to the country.
“As part of this outreach, we the students decided to contribute and bring the donations to the nursery.
So, whatever has been donated is from the students’ pockets.”
Nursing Unit Manager, Sr. Filma Kuman, was grateful for the donations and encouraged the students to continue to bless others in the community.
The Special Care Nursery is purposely for newborn babies who are sick and need special care from medical professionals.
Following the visit, 8 male students donated blood at the Sir Brian Bell Centre for Transfusion Medicine (SBBCTM).