Dispensory

1 Dispensary Replace

The dispensary is a wooden frame, timber clad building of size 9.5mtr x 4.404mtr with three small rooms. It does not have any power, lighting or refrigeration facilities. No stretcher or medical equipment was identified. There is no fridge or cooling equipment to keep medicines.

The facility is insufficient to provide the required medical services for the school students or staff, or the surrounding population (estimated at 2000 persons).

Last year an adult died on way to the medical centre at Kia (1.5 hours by open boat) because of a lack of drugs to treat a diabetic condition.

Recommendation:

The dispensary should be replaced with a suitably designed medical facility co-joined with the Library complex.

The current building should be converted into a toilet block as there are no current toilet facility on the school grounds, necessitating students and staff return to their dormitories or houses