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Their call is based on the report of a health inspection conducted by the Department of Labour and Employment in February this year which condemned the hospital. The February health inspection followed a safety inspection request by PNGNA in November last year. In a letter to the Acting Secretary, Occupational Health and Safety, Liga Tanu, the safety and technical officer who inspected the hospital, Michael Suanika, said he "strongly ecommended that the Lorengau Public Hospital be closed for an indefinite period until such a time when the defects are rectified and/or maintained to a satisfactory level". Among twenty of the defects he listed were: * Hospital's operating theatre's air condition not fully functioning; * Only one fire extinguisher which was last serviced in 1997; * In-built toilets for very sick in-patients and staff members have been without readily available water for the last 10 years or so; * All hospital wastes are discarded into wheely bins then to the waste disposal site; * Surrounding bushes used as toilets; and * Wash and hand basins without readily available water supply for the last 10 years or so. He said: "Instead of the medical staff administering curation of patients, they are indirectly worsening their ill-health with the situation they are in (e.g. cross-infection of diseases) from one patient to another through the medical staff." He said to hear of such inadequate and insufficient services provided at the hospital was uncalled for. Mr Suanika did meet with the provincial administrator and the hospital's assistant chief executive officer who both expressed their concerns but could not commit themselves due to financial constraints. Lorengau has two operational urban clinics including the hospital built at Lombrum Base for the asylum seekers. PNGNA General Secretary, Murray Paiva, said: "You've got to take care of your health workers in order for them to take care of you." The call by the PNGNA for the closure of hospital comes right after the raising of it's dissatisfaction over many-outstanding issues that national and provincial governments have failed to address on nurses conditions and employments, and a submission to the committee of inquiry regarding alleged corruption and mismanagement at the Port Moresby General Hospital. (see story on Page 4) The PNGNA believes the problem at Lorengau is a result of the continuous neglect by the government of health workers in the country. He said government has known about the situation at Lorengau for some time now but nothing has been done about it. He described Prime Minister, Sir Mekere Morauta's recent visit to the Port Moresby General Hospital and the promises made as a political gimmick, a sentiment shared by PNG Trade and Union Congress General Secretary, John Paska, who said the PM should "hang his head in shame." "Mekere Morauta is not a peoples' prime minister. And now all of a sudden he's out there shaking hands with everybody. They are attempting to score political points by riding on the back of people who are suffering in hospital whose needs are being overlooked," he said. Mr Paska said health should be the number one priority for any nation. The PNGNA has placed requests for inspections to be pursued for the Daru, Kerema and Port Moresby Hospital. It is understood that there is currently an outbreak of typhoid at Lombrum hospitals. Health Secretary, Dr Nicholas Mann told The Independent that he could not comment on the issue as he had not received any information on it. Students vs UPNG admin in high court - by Hilda Wayne STUDENTS who were excluded from attending classes at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) because of the Grade Point Average (GPA) system have launched a National Court challenge against the UPNG administration. At the beginning of the 2002 academic year several hundreds of continuing students who were going through formalities of getting registered for the academic year found out at the UPNG campus that they were excluded from studies because they failed to meet the required 1.75 GPA pass mark. They were never given prior notices by UPNG. 28 continuing students from the UPNG Law School who were excluded have not bowed down to this decision by the UPNG administration and are fighting for their right to continue school this year. Principle of Kaule Lawyers Silas Kaule, who is representing the 28 law students, said this week that the students put in their appeal through the Law School Board and it approved their application. However, UPNG Vice Chancellor Professor Les Eastcott gave them notices that they were not to register. "The Law School Board approved their application but then the VC gave the students notices that they were not to register. The students never appealed to the VC, they appealed to the Law School Board," Mr Kaule said. He said academic issues relating to students were not matters that the VC could make decide on alone and for students to be excluded had to be a decision made by the University Senate. "The issue here is that the Vice Chancellor doesn't have the power. The power to exclude students from studies is with the Senate and the VC is just part of the Senate," Mr Kaule said. Students have decided to take the matter to court hoping that they will not have to reapply to study again next year repeating courses that should be done this year. Court proceedings instituted by Kaule Lawyers on behalf of the 28 excluded law students at the Waigani National Court on March 21 2002 sought for a declaration that their xclusion or termination from studies at the University made by the Vice Chancellor and the university is contrary to the University of Papua New Guinea Act, chapter 169 and the By-laws and regulations of the university and the principals of Natural justice and is therefore null and void, allowing the concerned students to continue with their studies at UPNG this year. National Court Justice Ambeng Kandakasi made orders that pending a proper hearing and determination of these proceedings, the university: * Lift or cancel the exclusion of the 28 law students; * Arrange for and allow the concerned students to be registered for this academic year; and * Allow the students to attend classes and use the facilities of the university. The National Court also ordered that the university must not take steps to enforce the exclusion of the concerned students. However the university failed to abide by the court order and on March 28 Kaule Lawyers filed contempt proceedings against the Vice Chancellor and the UPNG Registrar, Vincent Malaibe for not allowing the concerned students to be registered. The university had eventually allowed the students to register after contempt proceedings were filed. The proceedings came before National Court Judge Justice Gavara Nanu and he adjourned the matter to await the return of Justice Ambeng Kandakasi to hear the matter which he presided over earlier. Justice Kandakasi is currently on court circuit outside of Port Moresby. A date is yet to be set for the matter to be heard next by the National Court. Mr Kaule said this challenge by the law students to take this matter to court may also benefit all those students who were excluded from studies early this year. The excluded law students are concerned about their education and are meeting all legal costs themselves to ensure justice is done. 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