An air ambulance aircraft from New Zealand departed Rarotonga this afternoon transporting a very sick patient to critical care services in Auckland. The illness is NOT associated with COVID-19.
Rarotonga Hospital is now equipped with a vital piece of medical infrastructure that can be used to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients as well as a host of other potentially fatal infectious illnesses.
The Ministry of Health (Pharmacy and Therapeutic Products) Regulations were passed by Parliament on 2 October 2013. The Regulations establishes the Pharmacy Board to regulate pharmacy health professionals and pharmacies – clinical and community.