The Warangoi Rural Hospital in the East New Britain (ENB) province has reported a quiet Easter weekend so far with no major cases being reported at the hospital.
The Sister-in-Charge, Rosemary Sylvester, said the hospital was very quiet and they only got one admission at their labor ward.
The lady gave birth to a healthy baby girl that weighed 3.6kg.
“Apart from our Good Friday baby girl that was delivered, no reports of any incidents or major incidents that were reported since yesterday. It was basically quiet in the hospital.”
Sister Sylvester said, they only received one new admission who is currently in the Out-Patient being treated for diarrhea and abdominal pain.
Meanwhile, the sister was also happy to report that the rural hospital has enough supply of medical drugs at this time. She added that, their routine immunization outreach programs has been going well and mothers are taking in their babies to get immunized.
“We have a good coverage for our immunization programs and as well the COVID-19 vaccines that are available for the people.”
“We started rolling out the COVID-19 vaccines in the month of November last year and seen a good number of people coming forward to get vaccinated, but we could do better with the numbers if there is more awareness carried out so people know the importance of the vaccine.”
Sister Rosemary also appealed to the general public to take care of themselves during this long Easter period.