A total of 28 pregnant women were fully checked and vaccinated, while 34 mothers also received family planning and 207 children below the age of seven years where vaccinated in Dorobisoro village last month.
Community health worker Elijah Lofulo confirmed that medical treatment had increased since the installation of Starlink and a solar powered fridge to keep medicines safe for outreach programmes in neighbouring villages.
Lofolo thanked Australian trekker Peter Gamgee and his community in Queensland who conducted fundraising drives for the cause.
He also thanked PNG Tribal Foundation, which was the lead organisation in the Ghost Mountain Expedition in partnership with Central government and the health authority.
Lofulo said these organisations’ contributions to the remote area had helped save a lot of lives within two months.
“Treating a total of 1,286 patients at the clinic since reviving the facility in May is such a blessing,” he said.
“Three mothers gave birth, 15 patients where referred to Port Moresby for further treatment and two died.”
Lofulo also thanked the Central health authority and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund for donating the solar-powered vaccine fridge in June which had helped them conduct the vaccination programmes.