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Manele receives CMC from PRC describes it as ‘a new year’s gift’

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Chinese Ambassador Cai Weiming, Minister of Health Bosawai and PM Manele receiving key for the CMC today.
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The country’s first Comprehensive Medical Centre worth around $90m was delivered by the Chinese Government to Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele which the PM described as “new year gift” to the people of Solomon Islands.

The Centre was completed three months in advance—a few days before the Chinese New Year which falls on January 29. Against that backdrop, Manele described the handing over today as a new year gift to his people.

“This fabulous facility is a perfect new year’s gift from your country and government to the people of Solomon Islands,” Manele told Chinese Ambassador Cai Weiming.

He added: “Today we make history.”

The four-storey building was only built 13 months ago by a Chinese company with around 200 locals.

Manele stressed that the CMC will lift the range and quality of medical services available to many Solomon Islanders without the need to be referred to overseas institutions for investigations and further treatments.

The PM outlined that the new services that will be provided by the CMC are: cardiology (deals with heart and heart diseases), nephrology (deals with kidney diseases) and urology (deals with urinary tract). There are also beds for the three disease categories, a pharmacy, a lab, CT scan, and also operating theatres.

Manele emphasized that “we now have world class facilities for these three disease groups to undertake most of the diagnoses and treatment.”

On their part, the PM stated they would now focus on enhancing the capacity of doctors, nurses, and other related specialists to enable the facility to provide the fullest level of service to “our people” as soon as possible.

He said CMC also heralds a new beginning that will contribute to more efficient provision of integrated health services in enhancing early diagnosis and treatment.

The launching of the new CMC today has come at a time when NCD (Non-Communicable Disease) records are at an all-time high.

Minister of Health and Medical Service Dr Paul Popora Bosawai said Solomon Islands is experiencing a silent killer in NCD.

He revealed that seven out of ten patients at the Medica Ward of the NRH suffer from some form of NCD related condition including diabetes, stroke, heart and kidney related diseases.

He said diabetes makes up majorities of the NCDs by around 60 percent since 2018.

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