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Samoa: New hospital to lift health standards
STATE-OF-THE-ART: An artist's impression of the planned first phase of the new National Hospital at Motootua.
…Oceania University of Medicine set to take off also
Pacific Scoop:
Special Report – By Tupuola Terry Tavita, in Apia.
The new state-of-the-art national hospital and administration complex is set to lift Health services in the country to another level.
Upon completion, Health services in the country will be the benchmark for the region.
"The fact that it will be a first class hospital and also a teaching hospital is very important," said Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi.
"The vision is, we will no longer have to send med students overseas but they will learn their profession right here."
The multi-million Health and administrative facilities is being built in collaboration between the governments of Samoa and China. Construction is set to begin next month.
The fledgling Oceania University of Medicine, the Prime Minister said, is integral to the hospital plans.
"The new hospital will also be the campus for OUM. Every recognized medical school needs to be attached to a modern hospital. The new hospital will provide med students the exposure and the hands-on experience necessary for the practical component of their academic degrees.
"At the same time will lift the profile of OUM as an institution of medical excellence, attracting international students and those from around the region to learn their trade here."
According to Health Minister Gatoloaifa'ana Amataga Alesana Gidlow, many potential doctors fall by the wayside each year because they do not meet "extremely high" qualifications requirements to pursue medicine at universities overseas.
"This is coupled with fast-declining scholarship placement opportunities at these universities….there is now only one scholarship to New Zealand each year and very few to Fiji (Fiji School of Medicine)," she said.
"Health as you all know has been consistently hampered by an acute shortage of doctors at our hospitals.
Go to link for full story: http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/samoa-new-hospital-to-lift-health-standards/#more-8026
Tupuola Terry Tavita is editor of the Samoan government newspaper Savali.
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