Aspen Medical has acquired two new ambulances to service the Ba and Lautoka hospitals. The ambulance, the Toyota Land Cruiser Military model features a 4.5-litre diesel engine and manual transmission will ensure patient and team safety when transferring patients between the hospitals. Chief Operations Officer in Fiji, Barry Herberts, said, “The ambulances conform to Australian ... Read more
Aspen Medical has launched the Hospitality Cart Program with Ronald McDonald House Charities Fiji (RMHC) at the Lautoka Hospital. The Hospitality Cart Program is designed to provide comprehensive support to families with seriously ill children admitted to the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and paediatric Intensive Care Unit(PICU). The hospitality cart will provide a ... Read more
On Wednesday, 8 May, Aspen Medical celebrated a significant milestone with the graduation of the inaugural class of 37 nurses from its Graduate Nurses Program, an intensive 12-month program specifically designed to address the clinical skill gap and enhance the quality of patient care. The Graduate Nurses Program is structured for nurses who have recently ... Read more
Aspen Medical has announced a significant milestone in its commitment to employee welfare signing a 12-month Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Fijian professional counselling specialists Empower Pacific. The signing marked the beginning of a collaborative effort to enhance the Aspen Medical team’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Aspen Medical has an in-house Mental Health & Counselling ... Read more
Eight-year-old Elenoa Gukiwasa, a survivor of last year’s tragic bus accident, has successfully undergone a prosthetic limb fitting procedure in Sydney, Australia. Financially supported by the Aspen Medical Foundation and accompanied by her grandmother and Aspen Medical clinicians, Elenoa’s journey towards recovery has taken a significant step forward. Elenoa arrived back in the country on ... Read more
Eye Department patients in the Western Division will no longer need to travel to Suva for treatment as the Lautoka and Ba Hospital’s Eye Departments have been upgraded with advanced Laser Eye Machines. The Eye Departments now boast two argon lasers, crucial for treating Diabetic Retinopathy a condition with the potential for blindness if untreated. ... Read more
Aspen Medical and the Fiji Cancer Society (FCS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) emphasising a collaborative, multidisciplinary team approach that prioritises the needs of cancer patients and their families. This collaboration will involve sharing resources and expertise with the goal of improving cure rates for treatable cancers. Aspen Medical’s CEO in Fiji Gavin ... Read more
Aspen Medical has welcomed the decision that all laboratory tests and radiology examinations from public healthcare facilities in the western division that were previously sent to private diagnostic facilities should be directed to Lautoka Hospital for analysis and results. This new process is effective immediately. Local healthcare facilities will retain the capacity to perform on-site ... Read more
The Ba Hospital Mortuary has now reopened and has been providing services since Tuesday 3 October 2023. Aspen Medical CEO Gavin Whiteside said, “The new unit is three times the size of the previous mortuary and will be another state-of-the-art facility with plans to further expand the area designating a space for loved ones to ... Read more
The Aspen Medical leadership, including Heads of Departments at Ba and Lautoka Public Hospitals attended an intensive 4-day training session with trainers from the USA to assist in pursuing accreditation with the Joint Commission International (JCI). JCI helps thousands of healthcare organisations around the globe with quality improvement and patient safety, leading to better patient ... Read more
