More Doctors For Rural Health Centres, Says Dr Waqainabete

More doctors will be urged to serve in rural commu­nities and its health cent­ers apart from stints at hospitals in urban areas.

Minister for Health and Medical Services, Dr Ifereimi Waqaina­bete made those remarks at Tau Village in Nadroga last week.

This comes after the villagers raised to the minister there was only one nurse conducting visita­tion to the communities and serv­ing at the Tau Health Centre.

Dr Waqainabete said he wanted doctors to move out to the rural communities.

He said it has been a long time since doctors have been stationed in hospitals.

“I have stressed to doctors that they need to position their ser­vices outside the main hospitals.

“Some of the work done by the visiting nurse in your community can also be done by the doctor,” he said.

He told the villagers that Dr Far­ihah Shagoofa, who has been post­ed to Tau Health Centre, would work with the nurse who was conducting community visitation and working at the health centre.

Meanwhile, the villagers have also given names of nurses who were from the village but were serving in hospitals and outer is­lands to be posted in Tau Village.