A group picture of CADUS team members with NCC EMT staff[/caption]
The 10-member team deployed to PNG comprises specialists in anaesthesiology , intensive care, surgery, nursing and paramedic. They will be at Nonga Hospital for three weeks, starting last Thursday.
Prior to leaving for Kokopo, they were briefed by the National Control Centre EMT Team Lead Dr Gary Nou and his deputy Dr Kapua Kapua of PNG, ENB, and the health system in the country.
The provinces that have recorded high numbers and ended up in the red or high risk group in the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic include ENB. It is still in the red while many other provinces, including most of the highlands provinces have now moved to the medium risk.
Deputy Controller of the National Pandemic Response Dr Daoni Esorom thanked CADUS for responding to PNG’s request to come and give help.
He said apart from work that they had come to do they should make time to visit Kokopo’s historical sites as they would find that ENB has a long history with Germany.
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National Control Centre Deputy Team Lead Dr Kapua Kapua (front) and CADUS team at the debriefing at NCC.[/caption]
Meanwhile, there is also a medical assistance team from New Zealand that is currently in the country. They have been deployed to Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
Three of their members have also been assigned to help out at the National Control Centre in Port Moresby.
