New 24-hour hotline for PNG mums | Pacific Beat

The free telephone service will connect women going into labour in remote and rural areas with health workers who can give real-time advice in the event of complications.

The new service will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and will be manned by trained health workers at Alotau Hospital labour ward. It will be piloted for several months, with a view to rolling it out across the country.

Presenter: Richard Ewart

Speaker: Dr Amanda Watson, research consultant, Economic Public Sector Program, Papua New Guinea