Intensive Care

Port Moresby General Hospital Emergency Centre is a public service facility, open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, providing urgent priority care in the case of accidents, illness and medical emergencies. The Centre features state-of-the-art lifesaving equipment in resuscitation areas, cardiac cubicles, general examination cubicles, an orthopaedic procedure room, a paediatric assessment room and an ENT/eye room.

Our new centre has:

• New emergency department opened Dec 2012

• 31 beds (1 Resus room, 3 Resus Bays, 7 acute beds, 10 Short stay beds, 10 “Isolation” Beds)

• 65,000 presentations/year

• up to 60 patients registered per 8 hr shift

• Case mix estimated to be 15% paediatrics, 20% trauma, 20% TB, 20% Malaria

• Staff: 5 fulltime emergency physicians, 12 registrars, 5 residents

• Registrar teaching every Tuesday and Friday from 9am – 10am

If this is an emergency phone 111

Contact us for fees.