FEMAT Hospital will be set up at CWM Hospital on June 6th

The Fiji Emergency Medical Assistance Team Field Hospital in Lautoka will be moved to CWM Hospital on June 6th.

This has been confirmed by the Health Ministry's Chief Medical Advisor Doctor Jemesa Tudravu who says that over the weekend they will move patients from the FEMAT Hospital to the Lautoka Hospital.

Doctor Tudravu says the whole operation of the Fiji Emergency Medical Assistance Team will be brought to take up a supporting role for CWM.

Lautoka Hospital has completed 21 days of isolation and it has also been 21 days since the last case was recorded from within Lautoka Hospital, with 4 rounds of testing completed for all patients and staff.

Doctor Tudravu says today is Day 20 of the operations of FEMAT Field Hospital in Lautoka and 1,328 people have gone through triage, 152 admissions, 93 discharges together with 58 operations which include 39 operations done at the MV Veivueti Hospital Ship.

Doctor Tudravu says at the moment there are 13 community and hospital isolation facilities activities.

He says six community and seven health facilities are now used as isolation wards and is accommodating 197 positive cases.

Doctor Tudravu also calls on people to temporarily amend their last rites without dishonoring their family members.

He says funeral gatherings set the perfect stage for a super spreader event. Doctor Tudravu says he has also done some amendments on performing the last rituals for family members.

He says today is the 40th day of the current outbreak and people should expect more mass screening and contracting.