Free specialist healthcare reaches Western communities
The camps are offering medical, dental, eye-care and allied health services, including specialist consultations, health screenings, diagnostic tests and prescribed medication where necessary.
Tuesday 25 August 2026 | 06:30
Patients are asked to bring their National Health Card, medical records, current medications and spectacles or eyeglasses, where applicable.
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People across the Western Division will have access to free specialist medical care as the Sai MediCare Camps move through six communities this week.
The camps are offering medical, dental, eye-care and allied health services, including specialist consultations, health screenings, diagnostic tests and prescribed medication where necessary.
The programme began in Ba on Sunday and continues through Rakiraki, Vatukoula, Nadi, Sigatoka and Lautoka until Friday, August 28.
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The Sathya Sai International Organizations of Fiji, New Zealand and Australia are running the camps in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services.
A multidisciplinary team of medical specialists, general practitioners, dentists, nurses and allied health professionals is providing the services.
Specialist consultations include cardiology, gastroenterology, orthopaedic surgery, psychiatry, paediatrics, surgery, gynaecology, and geriatrics and stroke medicine.
Patients can also access dental treatment, including extractions, optometry and eye care, physiotherapy, nutritional guidance and nursing assessments.
Blood tests, blood pressure and diabetes screening and cervical cancer screening are also available.
Where clinically appropriate, patients may receive electrocardiograms (ECG), echocardiography, ultrasounds and endoscopic investigations.
Minor surgical procedures can also be carried out, while prescribed medication may be dispensed free where necessary.
Complex cases can be referred for specialist care and further treatment.
The free medical outreach programme has operated since 2006, bringing overseas specialists and local doctors into communities around Fiji.
Over the years, teams from Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Singapore, South Africa and other countries have participated.
The camps have previously reached communities across Viti Levu and Vanua Levu and, in 2018, extended to Ovalau, Gau and Koro.
Remaining programme
The camp is at Nilsen College in Vatukoula today, August 25.
It moves to Nawaicoba Public School in Nadi tomorrow, Cuvu College in Sigatoka on Thursday and Gurukul Primary School in Saweni, Lautoka, on Friday.
Registration is open from 8am to 4pm each day.
Patients are asked to bring their National Health Card, medical records, current medications and spectacles or eyeglasses, where applicable.
