Non Governmental Organizations and business houses have rallied behind the Ministry of Health & Medical Services to address the increasing cases of diabetes in the country. Minister for Health and Medical Services Hon. Jone Usamate listening to presentations at the congress. This was confirmed at the Diabetes/Wellness Congress held in Lami last week. Diabetes and…
The Second Joint Working Group meeting between the Ministry of Health & Medical Services and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare India convened today in Suva at the Grand Pacific Hotel. A delegation from the Government of India led by the Joint Secretary for Health & Family Welfare Ms Dharitri Panda was welcomed to Fiji…
ADVANCED CARDIOLOGY SURGICAL VISIT The Ministry of Health wishes to advise that a Specialist Team from the Sahyadri Hospitals will be conducting angiogram advanced cardiology Surgery (CABG) in CWM Hospital from the following dates; The range of these surgeries will include: Angiogram -3.08.2015-14.08.2015 10.08.2015-25.08.2015 As this is a Private–Public Partnership between the…
PROSTHESIS BREAST The Ministry of Health and Medical Services wish to advise the general public that from 11.09.2015 to 16.09.2015 a team from Australia will be distributing prostheses for breast cancer patients. The objectives for this program are to: provide financial support towards the costs of external breast prostheses for women who have undergone…
Public Health initiatives launched The Hon. Assistant Minister for Health & Medical Services Mrs Veena Bhatnagar launched public health initiatives last week. This included the launch of Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) Strategic Plan 2015-2019, NCD Risk Factor STEPS report 2011, Global School Based Health Survey (GSHS), National Rural and Peri Urban Community Profiling report 2012-2013…