The health staff at the Special Care Nursery (SCN) of the Port Moresby General Hospital can now have ease in making sure that linens which their young patients use will be properly laundered to minimize infections, all thanks to a recent donation of a washing machine. The washing machine was donated by the ex-students of the Sogeri National High School on Wednesday, 21st February. According to SCN Coordinator Dr. Gamini Vali, the gesture brought a sense of relief to the staff because initially a washing machine and a dryer were items needed by the division under the Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) this year. “Infection control in our very vulnerable babies is one of the things that is of concern to us so this donation is very timely,” Dr. Vali said. “We had an old washing machine but the carpenters took it out already so this (washing machine) is going to go straight in and then we start doing our own laundries here for the babies.” Interim Team Leader for the ex-students, Mr. Bill Moi Tau shared that the group had come together to do some alumni work to commemorate the school’s 50th anniversary some years back but had gone their separate ways after that. However, he said a loss of one of their members last year had moved the team to regroup and discuss ways to give back to the community. The group itself consists of a lot of members around the country and evern abroad. “Just before we came in, they were sending in their moral support." " They are all happy that we are doing this, “he said. “Thank you to all my school mates from Sogeri from 1992 to 1993 for making your time available today (Wednesday 21st February) for this small but significant event for our babies and our mothers.”