10% SSG GRANT FROM MRA TO WOITAPE LLG – K1.25MILLION BREAK UP

Tolokuma Gold Mine by law gives 10% Royalty to the Host LLG which is Woitape Local Level Government.

From this 10% royalty from TGM, YLA – Yulai Landowners association gets 80%, Central Province Government gets 10% and Woitaple LLG, as the host LLG gets 10%.

Woitape LLG’s 10% amounts to K1.25million. This is the amounts been budgeted and accessed.

Mineral Resource Authority took custody of the monies and kept it in the Trust Account for a period of time.

[If this monies were kept in a trust account then should it be incuring interest?]

Last week, there was a meeting held by the Woitape LLG President and his councilors with the Yulai Landowners Chairman and his executives with MRA to initiate talks of leasing the funds through to Woitape LLG.

10% Royalty from MRA to Woitape LLG is amounting to K1.25million.

This K1.25mil was budgeted broken up by Woitape LLG and YLA in the following manner:
In the break up, under Infrastructure, 3 projects where identified and funded. Two airstrips and a main market building.

Under the Education sector, 8 schools were identified and funded. The largement amount in this break up was K120,000.00. Everyone else got K10,000 each.

Health had only one Community Health Post identified and funded K50,000.00

Law and Order sector was choosen to not get any funding at all, while Administration got K300,000.00 with the Landowner Support groups getting K400,000.00. Under this sector, it seems the Landowners of TGM and other affected mine areas will be considered.

With the LLG Elections coming up, it would have been a responsible thing to delay the release of these funds until after the LLG National Elections 2018.

From the Break Up and project identification and funding, Ward 8 in Woitape LLG was the only ward that did not get any project indentified and funded. All ther 8 wards directly got some funding allocated.

HEALTH SERVICE IN GOILALA & ITS STRUCTURE.

Just like everything else, Health Service in Goilala is pathetic, non existent, lacking and just missing.

Central Provincial Health Division Health Organizational Chart, focusing on Goilala District

Whose fault is it that Health service delivery in Goilala is what it is?

EVERYONE.

From the people to the District Administration who the District’s Health workers are a part off to the Goilala District political heads to the Provincial Health authorities to the National health Department.

Anyway, lets focus on Goilala and its chaos in this case.

HEALTH FACILITIES IN GOILALA.
In any normal working health service there are 3 types of health facilities:

1. Hospital
2. Health Center
3. Sub Health Center
4. Community Health Post.

In Goilala we DO NOT have a HOSPITAL but we have two Health Centers:
1. Tapini
2. Woitape.

We also have 4 Sub Health Centers:
1. Fane,
2. Yongai
3. Ononge
4. Kamulai

Take Note: 4 Sub Health Centers are managed by Catholic Agency – Bereina Dioceses.

Then we have 26 Community Health Posts.
1. Tororo/Erume
2. Suasi,
3. Guarimeipa
4. Omu
5. Guari
6. Rupila
7. Kerau
8. Koruavu
9. Maini
10. Kileipi
11. Sopu
12. Henende
13. Kase
14. Horo
15. Kambisea
16. Aikora
17. Kafano
18. Yoiribai
19. Kodige
20. Garime
21. Kone
22. Poromania
23. Belavista
24. Mondo
25. Tanipai
26. Kosipe.

NORMALLY ACCEPT PRACTICE.
In any normal and well functioning Health Service, this is how the 3 Health facilities are supposed to be staffed.

HEALTH CENTER
In any Health Center, there is supposed to be a Level 3, Grade 17 District Health Officer – HEO. Reporting to the HEO, is a Sister In Charge [SIC] – can be a male or a female. Since its a Health Center, there is supposed to be at least 3 Registered Nursing Officers [RNO]. There should be no Community Health Workers – CHWs] working in a Health Center.

SUB HEALTH CENTER.
In any normally functioning Sub Health Center, a Sister In Charge [SIC] heads that operation. Reporting to the SIC is at least 4 Registered Nursing Officers. A Sub Health Center is supposed to at least have a maximum of 2 CHWs posted to it.

COMMUNITY HEALTH POST.
In any normally functioning Community Health Post, depending on the populations of the surrounding villages, at Registered Nursing Officer heads the operation in a densely populated area, where as a less densely populated area should be OK to have that facility headed by a CHW.

In a Community Health Post, there should be at least 3 CHWs on site.

REFERALS.
Assuming a Community Health Post is fully stocked with required medecines and staff, a CHWs at the Community Health Posts would normally attend to and address accidents, attend to the ill and sick and treat at least minor issues. And make an attempt to attend to major accidents and sicknesses. If they care not able to handle that at their facility, they refer that to the more senior Health worker – RNOs. Registered Nursing Officers are a level up from a CHW.

RNOs are normally expected to be at Sub Health Center.
At most cases, referrals from CHWs stationed at a Community Health Post should be attended to and treated b RNOs at a Sub Health Center. Assuming all medecines are stocked and available.

If the RNOs and Sister In Charge are not able to handle the referral from a Community Health Post, that issue is referred up to the Health Center. That is where a Health Officer who can be seen as a Doctor gets to address the issue referred.

If the referred issue is way too critical and can not be handled at the Health Center, it is referred to the HOSPITAL. which is normally located in a major Urban Center like Port Moresby.

STAFFING.
In the next article, we will discuss the current status of the Health Service delivery in Goilala. Which will cover staffing at Tapini and Woitape Health Centers. We will also cover the Sub Health Centers and then the Community Health Posts and how they are staffed.

ADMIN NOTE:
Carefully read this information and try to ponder over the current health service status in Goilala. Its sickening when you see the next article.

Keep reading.
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Source:
Central Provicial Health Division staff, District Health workers, General Public, and Google.