Non-COVID Health Care Services Extended to Central Division
To lighten the patient load on our healthcare facilities –– private general practitioners in the Suva-Nausori-Lami corridor will soon offer non-COVID-related treatments and consultations.
This service is for those Fijians who normally cannot afford to visit a private practitioner.
This announcement by Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services, Dr James Fong, is in addition to plans announced for the Nadi to Ba areas. “Government will directly pay the private practitioners for the treatment and consultations provided for such people,” he said.
Grocery delivery to those in quarantine areas:
For those under home quarantine orders, Government will be outsourcing grocery delivery services to private companies.
That means that Government will directly engage private companies to deliver groceries to the
families under stay-at-home orders.
This engagement of the private sector is being done in conjunction with the Ministry of Economy.
“Bringing these companies on board does more than lend efficiency, it allows businesses in Fiji to earn money and re-ignite employment and hiring,” he said.
“Quarantine centres will be in more hygienic facilities that are better run and more comfortable for patients.
“Fijians will have more options for medical treatments and consultations.
“The pace and efficiency of grocery deliveries will step-up.
“Government, of course, will fund these activities –– but it’s the private sector that will manage them, allowing my teams to focus their energy and resources entirely on matters directly related to the containment of the virus.
“This is a model that has been adopted and is working well overseas throughout the pandemic.”