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Sharon Nanau reported from Tokyo, Japan
Solomon Islands welcomes discussions with Japan on improving health services in the Pacific, but these discussions must be country-specific.
Minister of Health and Medical Services, Dr Paul Bosavai, made the remarks during discussions at the Pacific Islands Leaders and Governors Meeting (PALM10) in Tokyo, Japan.
Leaders and governors discussed that health, sports and the environment are the three main areas of cooperation between Japan and the Pacific island countries.
It has been suggested that Japan could help Pacific countries establish telemedicine systems to address the limited medical services available in those countries.
This will allow the dissemination of health-related services and information through electronic information and telecommunication technologies.
PALM is currently underway in Tokyo, Japan
It provides remote patient and clinician connectivity, monitoring, tele-admissions, and other healthcare services without the need for a physician to be physically present.
Dr Bosavai said that while the country faces challenges of slow technological advancement, the delivery of health services must keep pace with changes in technology.
“The issues of technology and medical advancements affect us but it is time for us to move it to the next chapter, so as we try to adopt new systems, we need to train our people to meet the technological needs of our country in terms of healthcare delivery.”
Dr. Bosavai explained that if programmes such as telemedicine are implemented, local resources need to be trained and equipped to ensure the public can access the healthcare they need.
“There are many students or healthcare professionals who work part-time in Japan doing biotechnology research, so if we were to undertake the project in question in the Solomon Islands, we would ask them to train our personnel so that we could use these facilities.”
Dr Bosavai also welcomed the establishment of relationships with prefectures in Japan if it would provide healthcare services to Solomon Islanders.
“If the relationship is established in healthcare, then it also needs to meet the new standards of healthcare, which I currently see being established in technology. This will certainly require us to have proper planning and time to cope with the changes in the health sector.”
Dr. Bosavai said that the Solomon Islands is currently catching up in terms of medical service technology.
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