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| Minister Sharma on the bed having his pulse taken by AG Malini and Committee Rep Bob Niranjan |
As a community-based organization made up of business and professional
leaders in clubs across Fiji, Rotary now extends it’s already impressive
partnership with the Ministry of Health.
- In 2012
and 2013 Rotary in Australia sent many beds to Fiji that were gratefully
accepted and distributed around the hospitals and health centers.
Early in
2014 a request was received from Minister Neil Sharma for more beds. This
time his desire was to be able to receive enough to send beds not only to
hospitals and health centers but out through the remote islands and
interior to nursing stations.
On Tuesday 15 July 2014 the first of 330 beds and mattresses from
Australia that will be distributed from the Valelevu Health Centre to 5 hospitals
across Fiji. Although most of these beds
are for general ward use, there are other specialist types such as orthopedic,
cardiac and baby cots.
“Rotary in Fiji is
helping as only it does best; connecting people and sharing resources for the
benefit of those most in need. Rotarians give their time and money voluntarily
to serve our community” said Malini Raghwan, Assistant District Governor for
Suva. “We have seen the new hospitals and extensions and renovations and know
how important it is to get nice beds for the patients” said Rick Eyre,
Assistant District Governor for the West.
