O'Neill : Complete your medication or die
Prime Minister Hon. Peter O’Neill, who has taken the lead in the fight against TB, said in the coming days and weeks control measures would be put in place in Daru and Western Province, the worst affected parts of the country. He urged everyone with relatives and families with tuberculosis to pass on the simple message that patients must finish their medication.
"The main message is very simple – that people who are on treatment must finish their medication, it is simply not good enough that you stop because you feel better, that is why you develop resistance.
"This is the sort of public awareness that everyone of us, if you have relative or families that have TB, they must finish their medications, if they don’t they simply will die, that is a fact, they will simply die, so please let us work together."
Prime Minister Hon. Peter O’Neill said these were expensive treatments and the Government was doing everything to overcome TB just it had overcome the battle with HIV/AIDS.
He was responding to questions over the seriousness of the TB in Western Province, Gulf and National Capital District.
"We are working with the Health Department and the Health Minister (Michael Malabag) has made some announcements last week on plans to take control on the TB together with traditional development partner, Australia," he said.
"We have sent a team down there to Daru to take control on the situation on the ground especially the management of the hospital and making sure there is availability of medical professionals."
"What is happening is some of the staff have vacated their premises. Either they are sick or they are not willing to take postings there on Daru. That is being addressed now by the Department of Health."
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