Every service we keep running for Telefomin
Emergency and urgent care, wards and clinics, diagnostics, specialised services and mortuary care, with what to bring and what to expect.
Open every hour, every day
You do not need an appointment or a referral. Come to the emergency entrance and a nurse will triage you straight away.
Trauma care
Resuscitation and stabilisation for road accidents, falls, bush knife and axe wounds, burns, snake bites and severe bleeding. Patients needing more than we can provide are stabilised and referred to Vanimo or Port Moresby.
Walk-in emergency room
For sudden severe illness: chest pain, breathing difficulty, high fever with confusion, severe abdominal pain, obstetric emergencies and paediatric emergencies. Triage is by clinical urgency, not by arrival order.
When to come straight in
- Heavy bleeding that will not stop, or a deep wound
- Difficulty breathing, chest pain, or a child who is limp or not feeding
- Convulsions, unconsciousness, or a high fever with confusion
- Labour complications, or bleeding in pregnancy
- Snake bite, poisoning, serious burns or a suspected fracture
Staying with us, or visiting for the day
Inpatient stays
Admission to the male, female, children’s or maternity ward, with nursing cover day and night and a daily doctor’s round.
- Bring your health record book, bedding and eating utensils
- One wasman (carer) may stay with each patient
- Meals are provided; the kitchen caters for patient diets
- Visiting hours: 10:00 to 11:00am and 3:00 to 5:00pm daily
Outpatient services
General clinics for illness and injury that do not need admission, plus scheduled clinics through the week.
- General outpatient clinic: Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm
- Saturday morning clinic: 8:00am to 12:00pm
- Antenatal clinic, child health and immunisation clinics
- Chronic disease review: TB, diabetes, hypertension, HIV care
- Wound dressing, injections and follow-up reviews
Finding out what is wrong, and treating it
Diagnosis on site means fewer patients have to travel for answers. Results are explained to you by the clinician who ordered them.
Medical imaging: X-rays
Plain X-ray imaging for chest, abdomen, limbs and suspected fractures, reported on site and used to guide surgical and TB decisions.
Pathology and laboratory
Malaria and TB testing, blood counts, blood grouping and cross-match, urine and sputum microscopy, HIV testing and counselling, and a blood bank.
Pharmacy
Dispensing from the national essential medicines list, with counselling on how to take each medicine, and monthly supply for chronic disease patients.
Bring these with you
Your health record book, any medicines you are currently taking in their packets, your clinic card if you have one, and the name of the aid post or health centre that referred you.
Surgery, maternity and intensive care
Surgery
Emergency and planned general surgery in our operating theatre: caesarean section, laparotomy, hernia repair, abscess drainage, wound debridement and fracture management, with anaesthetic cover.
Maternity
Antenatal clinic, supervised delivery by trained midwives, emergency obstetric care including caesarean section, postnatal review and family planning. Mothers are encouraged to deliver at the hospital rather than in the village.
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Close monitoring for critically ill and post-operative patients: oxygen therapy, intravenous support, continuous observation and one-to-one nursing where staffing allows.
Mortuary and bereavement care
Losing a family member is hard, and it is harder when you are far from home. Our mortuary provides respectful short-term care of the deceased while families make arrangements.
- Body storage and preparation, with families kept informed at each step
- Viewing by arrangement with the ward sister or administration office
- Death certification and documentation for burial and repatriation
- Support for families arranging transport home by road or air
- Pastoral care and prayer available on request
For mortuary enquiries, contact the hospital administration office during working hours, or ask the nurse in charge after hours.
Call the emergency line
Our emergency room is open 24 hours. For all other enquiries, use the contact form or visit the administration office.