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Heart disease affects more men than women

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Records at the National Referral Hospital reveal that heart disease is affecting more men than women, Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Paul Popora Bosawai stated today.

He was speaking during the hand-over of the $90m Comprehensive Medical Centre by China to the government of Solomon Islands.

Referring to health statistics of Non Communicable Disease which he described as a silent killer – Dr. Bosawai highlighted that the statistics showed evidence of the seriousness of heart disease among “our communities and people.”

He pointed out that the number of admissions reflected an increasing trend in cardiac or heart diseases between 2018 and 2020.

“There was an increase of 11% from 525 in 2018 to 583 in 2020 recorded heart disease at NRH, affecting more of our men than women,” he said.

Dr Bosawai said the increasing NCDs recorded are directly related to the high proportion of our population practising unhealthy habits as reported by the STEP survey of 2015 and 2023, and the fact that NRH is seeing increasing complications.

He added that the clinical challenge today is the proper management of diagnosed NCD cases.

“I am indeed grateful that the new Comprehensive Medical Centre, has come at the right time, but long overdue, a facility to assist our doctors be able to manage and treat NCD complications particularly that of the heart and the kidney,” he told those attending the ceremony this morning.

Dr Bosawai, a clinician himself, stated that while the new comprehensive medical centre will now cater for specialised services for those that have NCD complications, his ministry is now more determined than ever to tackle the silent killer of NCD to ensure a vision towards universal health coverage for the people of Solomon Islands.

He said the Government’s priority and that of his Ministry is to tackle the NCD crisis in the country, head on, positioning “our reach to communities and families, thus stepping up on strategies and interventions on primary health and community population health.”

But, he cautioned that health cannot do this alone, “it is all of us together to fight against non-communicable disease, – it’s all sectors, both the public and the private sectors, communities and families. We are all together in this fight.”

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