New Department for Suva Medical School
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Suva Medical School
Fiji’s medical services will progress a step further in March when a new department of the Central Medical School comes into operation ' ’ mu p , Pre .y i enta “ five and Social Medicine, will en able Pacific medical students who graduate in Fiji to obtain a Certificate in Public Health in Eiddition to their other medical t iS? ates - A Nuffield grant of £20,000 was used for establishing the department.
During the course, groups of
medical students will survey villages and communities in Suva. These surveys will be made in association with clinical diagnoses of patients. , T* l6 Dir cctor of Medical Services i < ? r FiSVi^rv D f I vJa? U if Sell) e ?P la . ine< J * n vSJS- ar i y that - lf « P atie I P t a hospital examination showed “S'? 5 oi lik e TB, typhoid or leprosy, or any of the intestinal diseases, the village or community from which he came would be surveyed and suspects treated be fore an epidemic had time to break out.
Dr. Dill-Russell also intends to bring post graduates back to Suva for a six months’ course, to enable them to qualify for a Certificate in Public Health.