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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Lord Howe community concerned on drainage

By Jennifer Koti,
National Express

The continuing problem with the National Referral Hospital's green tank which releases waste from the hospital is affecting neighbouring Lord Howe settlement.One resident Gabriel Kemaiki in an interview with the National Express said the community has raised the issue to responsible authorities to deal with the matter, but there has been no response.

Mr. Kemaiki said the community even approached the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, calling them to "come and assess, and make reports" on the seriousness of the outlet in terms of hygiene and health of the people.

He said during his term in the Honiara City Council as member for Mataniko ward, he arranged a health inspector from HCC to inspect the area where the tank is located. It was agreed that "... [the tank] should be removed from that area and although a report was submitted, still nothing has been done to address the problem."

Mr. Kemaiki continued that a round table discussion was also held with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services with HCC health inspectors who said "they would do something ... but nothing happened.""

We the community take the lack of response as the government not recognising us, because all the things that we have requested from the government to do for our good and hygiene is overlooked for such a long time now."

Mr. Kemaiki said the only response they got from responsible authorities was "to remove the septic tank to another location was a bit hard due to financial problem".But apart from the case that is affecting the health of the Lord Howe community, it is without a doubt that "the community is always left behind in terms of development", Mr. Kemaiki noted sadly.

He revealed that when it rains, the tank overflows and floods through the settlement, which hygienically speaking is affecting the people."There are a lot of health workers who obviously have seen for themselves the state of the matter and just how bad the site is, but choose to ignore it and not do anything."People of the Lord Howe community are calling on the government to consider possibility of including the tank problem in the fourth phase of development of the hospital.

They also call on their current Member of Parliament for Central Honiara, Nelson Ne'e to consider raising the issue to the government to do something about it as soon as possible.The Lord Howe community adds that if possible for Mr. Ne'e to consider visiting their community to see for himself, the problem faced in the settlement, which could possibly lead to an outbreak of sickness.

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