Australian High Commission
Papua New Guinea

Largest expansion of Nazarene Hospital, Jiwaka

Papua New Guinea and Australia are funding the largest extension in the history of Nazarene Hospital in Jiwaka Province through the Incentive Fund.

The Incentive Fund, a partnership between the Governments of Papua New Guinea and Australia, has provided PGK8 million, with the hospital providing PGK2 million of its own funding for the project.

The project includes a 70 per cent increase in bed space for the Emergency Department; a doubling of surgical space for outpatients and the surgical operating theatre; a newly renovated ‘Krai building’; more storage for drugs; a new laundry; an additional obstetric ward and nursery, a new administration building and a dental clinic.

The hospital’s contribution to the project includes a new pharmacy and laboratory complex, maintenance yard and a biomedical Incinerator.

The project is expected to be complete in June 2020. Located in Kudjip, it is operated by the Nazarene Health Ministries and is the province’s only hospital which serves a population of about 400,000 people. Annually, it serves 60,000 outpatients and has a critical need for expansion.

The current project marks the third time the Incentive Fund has supported the hospital. In 2006, the Incentive Fund provided PGK6.2 million for a major upgrade and in 2011 provided PGK9.7 million to construct the hospital’s hydroelectric dam.

Australian High Commission Minister Counsellor Benedict David officially launched the new works today and was impressed with the progress made less than a year after the project commenced.

Following the completion of the project, the hospital is expected to see an increase in outpatients, improved access to services for women and children, a greater number of supervised deliveries and growth in the recruitment of qualified and trained female nurses.

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(L-R) Australian High Commission’s Minister Counsellor Benedict David, Jiwaka Provincial Administrator Michael Wandil and Nazarene Hospital Administrator Dr Scot Dooley launching the project

Jiwaka Provincial Administrator Michael Wandil (left), Nazarene Hospital Administrator Dr Scot Dooley (second from left) and Australian High Commission’s Minister Counsellor Benedict David with Hospital staff and workers at the construction site