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BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE ongoing initiative to have clinics to open utill late has allowed the Honiara City Council to have more medical doctors. The initiavcte is being piloted at Kukum  clinic   This was reported to this paper in an exclusive interview with the HCC Nursing services Manger Mr Arain Simbe. He said the  initiative  has created an opportunity for HCC to now have seven doctors responsible for the councils three zones , eastern ,central and western , Simbe said having increased number of doctors  helps against  the huge queues of patients at clinics. “This opportunity helped Nurses working in the three particular zones to have senior physicians assisting them in terms of increased life expectancy and improved well-being in society, dedication of skills for patient cure concerning diseases such as cancer for instance and giving persons diagnosed with terminal illnesses hope of living longer. “They as wel...

Dr Jason Diau BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO Non –communicable disease is a heavy burden on the health status of the country’s population. So much it is reagarded as crisis. This was according to Doctor Jason Diau, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer of Atoifi Adventists Hospital. He said this issues need to be seriously considered and quickly addressed, hence we need timely debases detection and a comprehensive treatment plan are vital to maintain healthier and longer lives to prevent premature deaths from NCDs. Diau stressed treating patients diagnosed with NCDs and experiencing severe symptoms will not help a person’s life to live longer but will then put an exponential burden on the health systems.   “Therefore I suggest two measures to undertake to prevent and control of non- communicable diseases which could be regarded as back to the basics and this are ensure daily physical exercise to be done and reduce salt and fat intake inside food...

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO ROVE Clinic will soon open until late hours,it is reported. This is said to help meet peoples’ demand, helping people with non-communicable diseases and to take pressure of the National Referral Hospital (NRH). Honiara City Council Nursing Service Nurse Manager Mr Arain Simbe said this part of the Honiara City Council's plan to open clinics to the late hours,which has been  successfully piloted with the Kukum clinic. He said HCC had eyed Rove clinic to be the next after Kukum earlier but had been delayed due to challenges which accompanied the piloting of the initiative at Kukum. Yet, the HCC tried its best to evaluate these challenges to be able to meet the demand of sick patients attending clinics after hours, meeting peoples’ need to monitor health status and to provide medical attention before a patient is referred to the central hospital. Simbe said this initiative have been planned to be monitored for six months firstly ...