Source: The National - Monday 10th October, 2011
By DULCIE OREKE
SMOKING and the chewing of betel nut are to be banned at all health department facilities, clinics and hospitals.
Health Minister Jamie Maxtone-Graham said on Friday: “I am tired of seeing smoking and chewing around our health facilities, they are supposed to be places where people heal.”
Speaking during the launch of new health and well-being initiatives, Maxtone-Graham said the acting health secretary was preparing an instrument authorising health facility managers to take action against any person who smoked or chewed betel nut at health facilities..
Maxtone-Graham will task the department to relay the instructions to all health facilities, asking managers to set an example for their staff.
“With these announcements, it is now clear we are responsible for our health and well-being. We will beat non-communicable diseases in Papua New Guinea,” he said.
Maxtone-Graham hopes that everyone hears the message and tries to take action to be happier and healthier.
He said in the past, chewing of betel nut was conducted during ceremonial events involving chiefs but that would no longer be the case.
SMOKING and the chewing of betel nut are to be banned at all health department facilities, clinics and hospitals.
Health Minister Jamie Maxtone-Graham said on Friday: “I am tired of seeing smoking and chewing around our health facilities, they are supposed to be places where people heal.”
Speaking during the launch of new health and well-being initiatives, Maxtone-Graham said the acting health secretary was preparing an instrument authorising health facility managers to take action against any person who smoked or chewed betel nut at health facilities..
Maxtone-Graham will task the department to relay the instructions to all health facilities, asking managers to set an example for their staff.
“With these announcements, it is now clear we are responsible for our health and well-being. We will beat non-communicable diseases in Papua New Guinea,” he said.
Maxtone-Graham hopes that everyone hears the message and tries to take action to be happier and healthier.
He said in the past, chewing of betel nut was conducted during ceremonial events involving chiefs but that would no longer be the case.
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