This government inherited one of the most dilapidated states of health infrastructure in the country's history.
This has been highlighted by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad when he was asked by Vijay Narayan during fijivillage Straight Talk about the deteriorating health facilities and the shortage of medicines.
Professor Prasad says the introduction of a new system known as M-Supply will put an end to the medicine shortage issues.
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He says when a politician recently claimed there was a shortage of medicine at Tavua Hospital, he contacted the SDMO there and was informed that this was not the case.
The Deputy Prime Minister says 27 projects will be carried out by the Australian government, one of which is the refurbishment of CWM Hospital.
He adds construction of the Indian 100-bed super-specialty hospital will begin soon, and they hope it will be completed within 18 months to two years.
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