Hi folks; In terms of tangible benefits; those of us who have accrued experience overseas would be invaluable in passing on the lessons learned to our ...

Hello olgeta, Tim thank you for your comments. It is good to hear the things that you are doing in terms of acquiring equipment and drugs for our people back...

Thanks for your constructive comments Sio. I have concentrated on Madang and Alotau as these are the places I go to on holidays and also because these...

Thanks Poyap for the positive comments. I would like to bring up a point of discussion & that is Government Health Insurance Scheme. After returning to PNG...

Hi Tim, Willie, Sioni, Ian na olgeta, The challenges facing PNG Health at the moment is indeed great. There is no silver bullet to solve our problems and...

Hi all; just a comment on the health insurance suggestion by Willie. Firstly; health insurance and the cost of health care are essentially two sides of the...

Good night all! Very valid points Tim and well thought out. I agree totally with the notion of having private health insurance scheme for the private sector,...

Hello Olgeta, Very good points and very interesting to read. I don't know much about health insurance, but just wanted to make some points on the...

Obviously, the private health sector is a fairer system than the public. In the private sector the patient fully pays for the health service, thus, there is a...

Hi Willie; I sense a lot of goodwill in your proposal as well as dispair at the current state of our public health system. I agree in principle that there...

Thanks Tim, for the detailed insights into the practicality of the current situation of our health service systems. Ofcourse, there is alot of differences...

Another problem, I see in the Public health services, is that there is no fair system of charging hospital fees, (the total cost of a particluar health...

While I am sceptical of the proposed K1 per fortnight scheme I would be absolutely thrilled to be proved wrong. A pilot study as you propose would be the most...

Thanks guys for the thought provoking exchanges, this is no dought as many of the other issues we discuss, ongoing. While offcourse they will not results in...

Very true Poyap. As I have said earlier there may maybe good systems in place but if the people within these systems do not perform well the system collapses...

Hi James (PJR) I have been on and off, however I am also aware of guys like yourself and Willie, Timmy plus most of our members keep th PNGDOCTORS.COM going....

Hi! Everyone, happy & prosperous new year to all of you and continue to strive for the best. While being attached at the Department of Plastic & Reconstructive...

To answer those questions Tim. Q-1. Identification of the individuals paying: A-Simply recording their names in an account's record book Q-2. Collection of...

It will be vertually impossible to impliment and police your idea Willie, you tok lo ol lain lo contribut K1 for health insurance ol bai laugh lo you. Yu...

Yes! Poyap we will make it hard for them. Taim ol spak pinis, pait na kisim bagarap na kam long hausik-em bai ol kisim taim, bikos nogat treatment. We tigthen...

Hi Guys & Gals, This is a very interesting discussion because it really pushes the boundaries of what we think is near impossible and what maybe possible. But...

I totally agree with you Sioni. We the elites should all aim for a change,. no matter how little it is. A change means an improvement in quality. We should not...

Hi all, just some more thoughts.... A private health insurance for the private health sector seems the only way to ensure we will be able to provide an...

This is a problem at the public health & management level and we need to start somewhere. As you have pointed out Poyap, if we need to start with the private...

Good morning, everyone. Sorry to bother, but I'm looking to find someone who may be able to help me locate people or contact information for Laloki Hospital....

Wish I could help Lawrence, sorry tumas. Maybe you could try through the health dept, you may have more luck then I've had. Unfortunately I think everyone at...

Thanks for your input Poyap and very much appreciated. I strongly agree with your closing statement that the government should focus on primary prevention...

Hi Tim, my immediate family took out medical insurance from AON risk management (PNG). We paid K1000 for 1 year cover. Not sure exactly what is covered with...