Goroka hospital goes online in a first for PNG!
GOROKA General Hospital has taken a giant step forward into the information age and e-health revolution by being the first hospital in the country to set up a website.
The website http://www.ggh.org.pg/ was set up recently by the hospital’s volunteer IT manager Robert Schilt…
Four nights in Port Moresby
And I’m ready to head back home.
There would have been a time in my life when doing the Gateway thing and indulging in K50 buffet breakfasts would have been right up my alley. Four days of living life in the fast lane and rubbing shoulders with the who’s who in Papua New Guinea is enough. I suspect that when my plane finally touches down at Goroka and get to see Eli again, I will be overcome with a sense of relief and homecoming…
The magnificence of Simbu bilas
Simbu bilas is absolutely magnificent to say the least. The three photos below were taken by an Australian photographer Richard Kendall over the weekend of the Goroka Show 2008…
Interested in a free trip to Peru?
If you are Papua New Guinean and between 19 and 26 years old then read on…
Third Annual Australian Volunteers in PNG Conference
I’m currently in Morebsy for an AUSAID sponsored Volunteers conference. In 2006 we spent just under a week on Loloata Island just outside of Port Moresby. In 2007 we had a few days at the Hideaway Hotel also in Port Morebsy and you guessed it, this year we are once again in the Papua New Guinea Capital. Although Morebsy ain’t the best of places to escape to for some R&R, it’s great just to be away from the grind and the intensity of what life has lately become in Goroka
Goroka General Hospital website a first for PNG
The following article was written by Malum Nalu and will hopefully be published in The National later next week. In more ways than one the timing of this article could not have been better. With the Hospital currently going through a process of seeking funding to extend the IT Project to include an Electronic Patient Records System, Malum’s article could not have come at a better time and will certainly attract some much needed attention. There currently exists a golden window of opportunity for Open Source Software Developments in Papua New Guinea and the task of getting this fact through to potential donors and/or investors is turning out to be an arduous challenge…
The Best of News Feeds #2
It’s been seven years since that dreadful moment that New Yorkers and Americans at large came to grips when they heard the news of planes crashing into the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. I recall trying to go to my Math class when I was at college that time and all of my classmates were glued to the live TV when all that unfolded. RIP for those who lost their lives on that tragedy…
Why men don’t write advice columns
Dear Walter:
I hope you can help me here. The other day I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn’t gone more than a mile down the road when my engine conked out and the car shuddered to a halt. I walked back home to get my husband’s help. When I got home I couldn’t believe my eyes…
Travelling Papua New Guinea by PMV
Getting around PNG in a Public Motor Vehicle (PMV) is definitely the cheapest way to travel these parts but is by no means the most comfortable. The photo below demonstrates how uncomfortable and cosy it can get at times…
Photos from Goroka Show 2008
Goroka Show 2008 was held in town (Eastern Highlands Province) over the weekend on the grounds if the National Sports Institute (NSI). The weekend was a success with many sing sing groups from all over the Highlands and other parts of Papua New Guinea participating in this magnificent celebration of culture, tradition and custom…
