FRIEND Fiji Donates Medication To Ministry “If patients are unable to pick their medication due to transport challenges, FRIEND organises and drops them off.” by inoke rabonu
23 May 2021 12:00 FRIEND Fiji director Sashi Kiran hands over the medication to the Ministry of Health officals at the Girmit Centre in Lautoka on May 21, 2021.
2021-05-21
The Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprises and Development (FRIEND) Fiji has stepped forward to assist the Ministry of Health and Medical Services.
They donated Non Communicable Diseases medication to the Lautoka Containment area on Friday which were handed ov
Love Has No Borders The legal wedding was to have taken place on May 1 in Ba and a ceremony to follow on May 23 in Suva. by waisea nasokia
2021-05-22
2021-05-22
In the midst of the rush at the Viti Levu COVID-19 containment borders last Sunday, a wedding was taking place at the Teidamu checkpoint outside Lautoka.
Dr Riyazal Khan and Shazia Khan sealed the beginning of their married lives after the borders opened for one-way travel at the weekend.
Dr Khan, who is on leave, is a doctor at the Lekutu Health Centre in Labasa, while Ms Khan is awaiting employment opportunities.
150-bed Non-COVID Field Hospital to be set up in Lautoka – Dr Fong
Govt to pay private doctors for non-COVID treatment or consultations in Nadi, Lautoka, and Ba
150-bed Non-COVID Field Hospital to be set up in Lautoka – Dr Fong
Govt to pay private doctors for non-COVID treatment or consultations in Nadi, Lautoka, and Ba
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says to cater for non-COVID patients, they are setting up a 150-bed Non-COVID Field Hospital in Lautoka.
Doctor Fong says they plan to have this open in 48 hours to handle patients with illnesses that can be treated on a 21-day timeline.
Urgent steps taken to prevent more of our health facilities from becoming source points of new COVID outbreaks – Dr Fong
Urgent steps taken to prevent more of our health facilities from becoming source points of new COVID outbreaks – Dr Fong
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says following the worrying spate of cases among our healthcare workers, they are taking urgent steps to prevent more of our health facilities from becoming source points of new COVID outbreaks.
Doctor Fong says their longstanding protocol has been to screen all incoming patients for COVID-19 symptoms and test if necessary at admission. He says this will be strengthened.
ANISH CHAND
7 May, 2021, 10:00 am
Priya Diksha Devi (left) with her mum Manmeet Kaur self-quarantine themselves at their home in Lovu Seaside in Lautoka. Picture: FILE/REINAL CHAND
COVID-19 has upended Priya Devi’s life and thrust her into grief in a manner she least expected.
The 27-year-old and her mother were quarantined barely an hour after being informed that her father, Ramesh Kumar, was Fiji’s third fatality due to COVID-19 and the country’s first death from a locally-transmitted case of the virus.
An only child, she is still grappling with the heartbreaking news.
She described her father as a hardworking man who built their family home on his own.