President Commends Dedicated Staff Of CWM Hospital

President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere expressed his appreciation to the staff of the Colonial War Memorial (CWM) Hospital.

He thanked them during the Centennial Celebrations Gala Dinner and Awards Night at the Vodafone Arena in Suva on Friday.

Different programmes were organised for the one-week celebration.

Ratu Wiliame said.

“Our flagship hospital has never stopped nor been dormant since December 1923.

It has stood the test of time, evident during the COVID-19 pandemic and its current daily operations.”

“CWM Hospital is where it is today through good collaboration, unparalleled commitment, and strong support from donor agencies, partners in health, business houses, civil societies, Government stakeholders, the Ministry of Health and the staff of CWM Hospital “Their confidence in our system motivates them to assist generously for the good of the people of Fiji and we are indeed grateful,” he said.

The dinner was concluded with the presentation of awards where personnel were acknowledged for their contributions and the good work, they have done.

From left; Ministry of Health and Medical Services acting permanent secretary, Dr Jemesa Tudravu, CWM board chair Dr Esther Williams, President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere and retired anaesthetist, Dr Tukaha Mua.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS THAT BOAST A FEW MILESTONES ACHIEVED SO FAR:

·        That is from 100 beds to 550 beds;

·        From 27 staff to 1600 staff;

·        From one double-storey building to the four wings plus three satellite facilities;

·        From delivering general services to now being the hub of specialist services in Fiji;

·        From serving Fijians to now being the regional referral hospital;

·        From housing the only medical school in the region to being the training hospital for two medical schools and three nursing schools;

·        From a hospital with old equipment to some state-of-theart medical technologies;

·        From manual records to having a patient information system;

·        From serving a population of 157,000 for Fiji to now serving around 350,000 only in the Lami, Nausori corridor;

·        For being the pilot facility for some medical innovations.

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