ANZ journal of surgery
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ANZ journal of surgery · May 2001
ReviewSurgical capability and surgical pathology in Papua New Guinea in the year 2000.
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a country of 4.5 million people with an annual health budget of only 96 million Kina (1K = US$0.35). There are 19 hospitals in the country and national surgeons are now staffing most of these hospitals. This review aims to describe the surgical pathology in the year 2000 and the capability of PNG surgeons to manage it. ⋯ Papua New Guinea offers a wide range of surgical pathology. The standard of surgery in PNG is reasonable but there are many areas that need development during the period of the next national health plan, 2001-2010. Australasian surgery has many opportunities to assist surgeons in PNG to achieve their objectives.