The Tabubil Hospital in Papua New Guinea had scaled down operations during a period of dry weather and mine closure, laying off staff, but has now reopened additional services with reduced beds and staff; during the closure the hospital continued providing care and was praised for its cleanliness, and it faces challenges with the sterilizer being out of service.

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STORI BLONG HAUSIK, 2016 ISSUE 1
STORI BLONG HAUSIK
2016 Issue: 1 10th of May
OTML MD praise hospital
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Sterilizer update
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Hospital reopens services
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OTML thanks Hospital for working through
the dry weather period.
A small ceremony to mark the end of Scale Down Opera-
tion (SDO) and dedication of the full scale operation was
held on Friday, 29th
of April at the hospital’s training
room.
All hospital employees were present to witness the occa-
sion.
Tabubil Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Pastor Timothy
Yapau made the opening and dedication prayer.
Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) Deputy Chief Executive
Officer and General Manager Employee and External Re-
lation Musje Werror, was also present at the occasion.
Mr Werror reiterated the reasons why OTML has had to
make changes to its business and as a result this has also
affected the level of funding to the Hospital.
He commended Margareth Samei for showing strong lead-
ership, effective management and boldness in decision dur-
ing the stand down operations.
“A big achievement for the hospital is that, during the scale
down period, the mining operation was shut down but the
hospital staff were still attending to patients, which re-
flects the commitment you have to serve our community”
said Mr Werror.
He challenged the management and the staff to do their
best to continue providing the same level of safe and qual-
ity service even with the reduced staffing levels and budg-
et.
Caption: Mr. Musje Werror speaking to hospital employees at
the hospital’s training room.

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Tabubil Hospital has been praised for maintaining clean-
liness at its facility.
Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) Managing Director
and Chief Executive Officer (MD CEO) Peter Graham,
commended the hospital for being one of the cleanest
facilities in Tabubil town.
Hospital Administrator Margareth Samei, says she was
pleased to get a positive feedback from Mr Graham.
“This demonstrates our ownership and pride for the fa-
cility that we are working in and we should continue to
do that,” said Ms Samei
Samei commended the house keeping team and also the
rest of the staff for contributing to keeping the hospital
clean.
Thursday 5th
of May was the International Day of Midwife-
ry (IDM), an important global event which recognized the
midwives and their contribution to mothers and new births
around the world.
The IDM theme for 2016 is Women and Newborns: The
Heart of Midwifery, Midwives around the world work hard
every day to ensure women and newborns receive the qual-
ity care that they deserve.
Tabubil Hospital Maternity ward staff join hands together
to commemorate that important day of their profession.
Sr. Lorna Emase, Team Leader Maternity ward and a sen-
ior midwife is a proud patriot for midwives and she says,
mothers and new births are very important in her carreer
and providing them with the quality of care is what they
deserved the most.
The hospital also recorded a birth of a male infant from
Kayangabib village of Olsobip on the day.
Celebrate International Day of the Midwife May 5th 2016
OTML MD and CEO praise hospital for cleanliness
Caption: Some of the hospital’s house keeping staff who worked
tirelessly to maintain cleanliness at the hospital.
Caption: Linnet Tom (left), 23 from Kayangabib village with
Sr. Emase (right) holding the new born. (Linnet’s son)

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Tabubil hospital has returned to normal operations since
the SDO in August last year.
On Monday 2nd
of May sections of the hospital which
were closed during SDO were reopened but the number of
inpatient beds have been reduced from 44 to 30.
Last year the hospital provided a full range of services,
employing a total of 131 staff.
On 24th
August 2015, the hospital scaled down and many
sections of the hospital were closed due to the dry weather
and the temporary closure of OTML operations.
Forty three (43) hospital employees were also made redun-
dant as a cost saving measure.
Hospital employees were recalled back to work in line
with OTML restarting operations in March this year
As a result of the reduced hospital budget the hospital ser-
vices were restructured according to the approved budget.
The number of staff is now at 88 but all staff remain com-
mitted to providing the same level of services as provided
in the past.
Tabubil hospital is owned and funded by Ok Tedi Mining
Limited and managed by Diwai Pharmaceutical Limited
(DPhL) under a private partnership agreement signed on
1st
January 2014.
The statistics presentation showing the performance of the
hospital for the 36 weeks during the SDO from 14th
Au-
gust 2015 to April 24, 2016 is shown in the table below;
Section Statistics Total
Screening and triaging ( General Outpatient) Attendance 8,427
4 mine village Aid Post & Tabubil urban Clinic Attendance 21,289
General ward Admissions 185
Maternity Ward Admissions 457
X-rays Department X-rays ( x-ray, ECG, Ultrasound) 1321
Pathology Department Pathology test done 20,778
Pharmacy Department Prescriptions Dispense 13,223
External Medical Referral 10
Internal Medical Referral 19
MCH program MCH Attendance ( Ante natal,
Vaccinations ,Family planning )
2,389
Public Health program
Residual Spraying 48
Fogging 79
Water testing 23
TB cases attendances 705
STI /ART Attendance 567
VCT /HIV attendance 109
Tabubil Hospital reopens services following dry weather
Public Visiting Hours Effective 02nd
May 2016
Day-12:00pm-1:00pm
Night-6:00pm -8:00pm

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Problem with Hospital Sterilizer
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Note from the Editor
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This newsletter is endorsed by the Hospital Administrator and the General Manager, Employee & External
relation before its publication.
Medical hospital sterilizer is an important unit or machine used
in hospitals to make objects and instruments clean and free from
bacteria.
The machine is used to sterilize instruments and medical items
for operations, dressings and other medical procedures.
Using an unsterilized instrument for medical procedures is un-
healthy and can cause harmful infections.
Tabubil Hospital sterilizer has been providing effective steriliza-
tion service for more than 10 years making things more conven-
ient and safer for medical workers to carry out their medical pro-
cedures.
However, due to internal mechanical problem it ceased normal
operations as of the 11th of April 2016.
At that time, Kiunga hospital sterilizer which normally provide
the sterilization back up for Tabubil hospital was not working
too.
To maintain continuous hospital services at Tabubil, OTML as-
sisted with logistics and transported instruments and stocks
weighing 100 kg, packed in 3 large containers and flown to Port
Moresby for appropriate sterilization.
Attempts to fix the machine at Tabubil by technicians were un-
successful.
However, Kiunga hospital sterilizer was fixed and now provides
back up for Tabubil hospital.
The spare parts for Tabubil Hospital sterilizer was ordered and
will arrive on site, soon.
“The problem with the sterilizer has added more cost on
the hospital. I hope the new parts would fix the problem,” said
Tabubil Hospital Administrator, Margareth Samei.
Ms. Samei said a portable mini sterilizer is used as back-up
while waiting for the sterilizer to be replaced.
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) clinic started off its full operation on the 2nd
of May, after the last 36 weeks of scale down peri-
od. A total of twenty four (24) kids have been seen for the first time. Other activities for the clinic also commence effectively. The
table indicates the program for the scheduled activities..
MCH commence operation
Clinics Days and
Time
Comments
Antenatal
Clinic
Thursdays,
7:30am-12Mid
Every Thursdays
Family
Planning (FP)
Fridays Every Fridays
Static Well
baby Clinic
Mondays For Town Mothers
Tuesdays and
Wednesdays
Mobile Clinic for settlements
& Catchment villages
School Medical August- Mon-
day to
Wednesdays
This means no immunisation
clinics for month of August.
Caption: LoHannah Wakpi was the first client to be immunised by Sr. Loretta Band (right).