Many people who know a little bit about the WHO health systems Building Blocks that the PNG health system has adopted, will agree and say that our health system is fragile (too many problems at different levels at national, provincial and district levels among the six building block areas).
We, as a country, have been exposed to the virus for around 3 months now as people move from China and other places into PNG. Seriously, we could have been one of the first countries to be hit. Even ol pasin blo yumi lo wokim nating nating and combined with our cultural practices would be the best breeding grounds for this virus.
But just think about this: In that time period, we have not seen community transmission of the virus. I was thinking that maybe we were not doing enough testing. But even if we didnt do enough testing, the health surveillance system could have picked up the severe cases already in the different provinces. Maybe the disease will come and hit us hard, I dont know.
There has to be something else that is keeping us safe, dont you think? Every evening when i watch the news on tv, other countries are fighting and fear is winning. For us, right now, the only thing keeping us intact em bikpla marimari blong God bikos planti man meri insait lo PNG wok lo pray istap. Oh yes, these people are not on facebook! They dont have internet and they dont have access to regular media but they are on their knees in that chapel, in that closet, beside the river, up on the mountain or in that silent room.....
Ino gat narapla samting gen, em God tasol yah na yumi stap yah!
Tonight mi harim displa song gen na mi tingim yumi PNG na how yumi save stap yah....
