Hospital Lawsuit in Papua New Guinea – It’s A Matter Of Time.

With lawsuit against doctors in hospitals around the world becoming concern for health professionals, its a big money business for lawyers and insurance companies. In PNG, lawsuit against doctors, hospitals and the state has not caught on yet. We know fully well of the lawsuits against the Police Department and the state for damages by police [...]

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Mosquito Repellents: What Works And What Does Not Work.

My last post on electronic mosquito repellents prompted me to do some research on the different types of mosquito repellents. There are several  diseases in PNG that are transmitted by mosquitoes – malaria, dengue fever, elephantiasis and Japanese encephalitis. There may be other animal diseases also transmitted by mosquitoes but I am not familiar with [...]

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Malaria In Papua New Guinea: Prevention Is Better Than Cure But Are We Doing Enough?

Sorry about the rather long heading for this post. But I wanted the heading to say more than being just a heading for this post. A news item in Yahoo Health News prompted me to write about this issue.
The news item was about a recent study published in The Cochrane Library which reviewed field studies done [...]

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