Kavieng Hospital in the New Ireland Province has been running without a CEO since last year.
Dr Alex Wangnapi, the former CEO for Kavieng Hospital said, since his contract ended and his suspension without reason on the 10th February 2021, no appointments have been made yet.
His suspension is still in place however no chargers have been laid against him yet.
Mr Wangnapi is calling on NDOH and the Department of Personal Management to see through this incident that has happened within the Hospital board of management.
Furthermore, Mr Wangnapi stated that he is not pleased with NDOH trying to sort out Madang CEO PHA’s problem which arose recently and when they have not done anything yet in the New Ireland province since last year.
“They are responding to the incident in Madang very quickly whereas in New Ireland province it is taking a lot of time for them to resolve this issue”.
He is also certain that all documents have been given to NDOH & DPM and has said that once there is a suspension, processes and procedures are in place according to DPM employment contract and that has not been followed.
Meanwhile, morale and staff performance at the hospital has been down and patients sit and wait for more than 2 hours before they are checked and given treatment.
The hospital board of management have not taken proper procedures to put up advertisements & selection of new CEO and the executive management.