THIEVES STEAL VITAL HONIARA HOSPITAL CHEMICAL Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/18/2002 - 00:00
HONIARA, Solomon Islands (January 18, 2002 – Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation/Solomon Star/PINA Nius Online) -Honiara s Central Hospital is unable to send human tissue samples overseas for tests because the chemical needed to accomplish this was stolen.
The chemical is a medical alcohol used to process tissues removed from patients at the hospital to determine the kind of sicknesses they have.
The 40 liters donated by sympathizers in Switzerland was taken during a burglary of the Medical Store.
In other developments: The tourism industry is urging the newly elected government to quickly restore law and order in Honiara to encourage more tourists to come into the country.