Overview

POMGen at a glance

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1,100

1,100

The number of beds at POMGen

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7.6 days

7.6

The average stay per patient at POMGen

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85

85

The number of POMGen admissions per day

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1,500

1,500

Number of POMGen outpatients per day

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40 – 50

40 – 50

Live births at POMGen per day

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1,654

1,654

Approx. number of POMGen staff

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K287,671

K287,671

Approx. cost per day to run POMGen

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6

6

Number of operating theatres at POMGen

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90%

90%

Utilisation time for the POMGen operating theatres

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26

26

Known number of polio cases in PNG in 2018*

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66 years

66

Average life expectancy at birth for PNG as at 2016**

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8,251,162

8,251,162

Population of PNG in year 2017**

Hospital numbers were current as at 11 February 2019
*Polio details taken from polioeradication.org/where-we-work/papua-new-guinea Downloaded 25 February 2019
**Population & life expectancy details taken from: data.worldbank.org/country/papua-new-guinea Downloaded 25 February 2019

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