Saturday, November 7, 2009

First blog post EVER!!!

Yeah, so i'm new to the whole blogging thing,kinda expected seeing the job i do for a living.. I am currently in the business of health care.

Where i come from, people in remote areas do not have access to basic health care services, pretty sad considering we are one of the richest countries in terms of natural resources. If you read our national newspapers, POST COURIER and the NATIONAL NEWSPAPER people complaining about lack of services jostle for headline space with reports of new gas fields found and the new multimillion kina LNG project. These newspapers also sometimes report on the shortage of medical staff in the country, a point which many people think is due to the fact that doctors do not want to go to rural areas.

I thought i'd start a blog to show you the other side of the story, what it's like for those of us in the medical profession when faced with such criticisms.This is also documents my journey to finding a job after internship, and the uniquely Papua New Guinean way.. So thanks for reading, and hope you stick around for the journey

1 comment:

  1. I like this post. You have started well. Most of us do Complain about the lack thereof of health care in our rural areas, and we keep criticizing the professionals in the health department. Now its about time you shed some light from your point of view and what really is happening... maybe we can all come up with a viable solution soon.

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