Australian Pacific Islands Project in Tuvalu
Phase three of the Pacific Islands Project PIP which is also known as the Provision of a range of Tertiary and Health Services to Pacific Island Countries, has just being carried out in Tuvalu in the last week.
Phase three of the Pacific Islands Project PIP which is also known as the Provision of a range of Tertiary and Health Services to Pacific Island Countries, has just being carried out in Tuvalu in the last week.
260 patients were seen by the ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) team in the few days the team was here for last week.
According to surgeon and team leader Elizabeth Rose, 14 of the 260 needed to be operated on.
The team comes to Tuvalu under a project that provides short term visits of medical specialties to 11 Pacific island countries. These medical specialties include cardiac surgery, ENT, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, pediatric surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, psychiatry, urology, radiology and a diabetic training program.
The team which is managed by the Royal Australian College of Surgeons (RACS), and funded by The Australian Government through the Australian Agency for International Development AusAID, aims to work closely as possible with local doctors and medical staff to help develop their skills so that they will be able to continue to provide these types of services in the future.
The team included Ms Rose, another surgeon Dr Suren Krishnan, anaesthetist Dr Simon Macklin and Nurse Ms Nicole Zweck.
All surgeons and the nurse are voluntters and do not get paid for their time and services
The team left the country on yesterday’s flight.
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Te polotieki fesoasoani a Ausitalia I Tuvalu
Te vaega tolu a te polotieki ko te Pacific Islands Project ne fakataunu nei I Tuvalu I te vaiaso ko teka.
I pati a te takitaki o te tiimu ko Elizabeth Rose ki tala o Tuvalu me tusa mo te lua selau ono sefulu a tino ne aasigina ne latou kae e tinogafulu mo te tokofaa ne manakogina ke tipi.
Te tiimu e fano ki fenua e 11 I loto I te Pasefika mo poto I masaki e uke e aofia I ei te fatu, taliga, isu mo te kakii, masaki o ivi, masaki o tamaliki, mo te polokalame I ei mo te masaki ko te suka.
Te polotieki e fakatelegina ne te Kolisi o Tokita Tipitipi o Ausitalia, kae fakatelegina ana mea tau tupe ne te polokalame fesoasoani a Ausitalia ko te AusAID.
Te manatu maluga o te polotieki ke galue fakatasi tokita mo tokita o fenua taki tasi ke fesoasoani o fakamasani ki galuega I masaki konei, ko te mea ke fakasoko o fain e latou te galuega manafai ko foki a tokita tipitipi konei ki Ausitalia.
A tokita ne aumai I te tiimu tenei ko tokita tipitipi e tokolua ko Elizabeth Rose mo Dr Suren Krishnan, tokita fakamoe ko Simon Macklin mo te neesi ko Nicole Zweck.
A tokita mo te neesi katoa I lalo I te polotieki e galue katoa faka volentia. A latou konei ne tiaki ne latou Tuvalu I te vakalele o te aso anafi.
