From L-R, Speaker of National Parliament Hon. Patterson Oti, SI Health Parliamentary Committee Chairman Hon. Morris Toiraena, MIOT International Chairman Office Rep, Suresh Babu, MIOT International Hospital Managing Director, Dr Prithvi Monhandas, MHMS Minister Dr Paul Bosawai, Deputy Secretary Health Care Dr Gregory Jilini and NRH Chief Executive Officer Dr George Malefoasi
MHMS SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT WITH MIOT INTERNATIONAL
The Minister for of Health and Medical Services, Dr. Paul Bosawai, last week, signed a letter of Intent with MIOT International Managing Director Dr. Prithvi Monhandas in Chennai, India.
The letter of intent expresses MIOT International’s proposal to render Healthcare services to Solomon Islands citizens. The Madras Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, known short as the MIOT International Hospital, offers 63 multidisciplinary specialized clinical services under one roof, with departments, including Orthopedics, Diabetology, BMT, Liver and Kidney Transplants and 500 beds hotel type self-content patient rooms.
MIOT is equipped with advanced medical technologies, including global standard CT, PET-CT, 3 MRI, Varian True Beam STR, and Biplane Cath Lab with Cone Beam CT. MIOT boasts 56 LCD screens for high-precision imaging and 22 ultra-modern operating theaters.
The letter of intent outlines that MIOT can also provide specialty online consultation, and in-country and world-class healthcare services for all patients referred from the Ministry of Health as per international professional standards. MIOT can also provide training attachments and placements for the medical trainees with basic needs and food and accommodation support. MIOT can also dispatch its super-specialist teams to the country based on the host medical needs for example open-heart cardiac surgery for the longer term. They also conduct health camps at national hospitals twice a year at MIOT’s expense.
During the signing, Health Minister Dr. Paul Bosawai thanked and acknowledged the MIOT Managing Director and the Founder of MIOT for the significant health services MIOT provided to its patients in Chennai, India and other countries, soon including the Solomon Islands.
Minister Bosawai, on behalf of the Government of Solomon Islands, thanked MIOT for the letter and rendered his support as the Minister for Health to ensure the relationship between MIOT and MHMS strengthens for the betterment of providing the best healthcare to SI citizens.
He also thanked the MIOT Managing Director for inviting his delegation to attend the 26th Founders Day celebrations on the 12th of February. Dr. Bosawai described the MIOT Founders’ Day as, “having humility, humanity and passion to provide the best healthcare for the people, and this is reflected in their Motto: “Put patients first”.
MIOT Managing Director, Dr Prithvi Monhandas stated that MIOT is grateful for the attendance of the Solomon Islands delegates in response to their invitation. The inaugural visit to MIOT ended well with fruitful discussions and the way forward to facilitate the needs of the people of the Solomon Islands. He described building a good relationship based on trust as paramount to MIOT and hoped they would build the same with MHMS to provide better healthcare services to the people of SI.
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