Calls To Reopen Old Navua Health Centre

Calls have been made to authorities to consider reopening the old Navua Health Centre as a proactive measure to handle the increasing number of positive COVID-19 cases in the Serua and Namosi province.
Serua and Namosi advisory council chairman, Kamal Narayan with the support of other area advisory councillors, in an email requested the Ministry of Health officials, to consider reopening the old Navua Health Centre, which has been left ideal for quite a while.
“We proposed for a temporary relocation of the Health Centre and outpatient department to the old Navua Health Center and we hope this will help in reducing the risk of spreading of COVID-19 cases in Serua and Namosi Province,” Mr Narayan said.
He said the people of Serua and Namosi appreciated health and all frontline workers for their tireless effort in keeping Fijians safe from this deadly pandemic.
He said the old hospital is located at a central location and communities would easily access it.
This would allow authorities to utilise the facility of the new Navua hospital as quarantine or isolation facilities away from the populated locality.
“We also proposed to assist medical authorities in preparing the old facility for reuse with help from the business community in Navua,” Mr Narayan added.
He said they have managed to secure assistance for major hardware outlets in Navua and have already started with cleaning the Health centre compound with help of donors and volunteers.
A former Fiji Military Forces officer and Nakaulevu Navua resident Ratu Iferemi Buaserau said, he was happy to provide assistance and machinery to cut the overgrown grass at the old health centre site and also share his National Command Center work experience in setting up of the temporary facility.