Health Care
For visitors, ensure you have good health insurance. Lae Internnational Hospital is of good developing world standard. It is a 19 bed facility with 1 emergency bed. It has 6 doctors, one General Practitioner, Anaesthetist, Surgeon and radiologist and two Obstetricians. All doctors are from the Philippines and all nurses our local nationals.
The other private hospital is Tusa Private Hospital (corner of Huon Rd and 13th St). There is also a public hospital called Angau Memorial Hospital located on Markham Road.
For travelers to Lae, they should seek expert medical advice regarding malaria prophylaxis as well as Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Japanese Encephalitis and Typhoid vaccinations. Of note there was a significant outbreak of Cholera based in the Morobe District in 2009 and consideration of vaccination would be prudent.
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