Overview
Port Moresby General Hospital provides a wide range of general, specialist and emergency healthcare services for patients from Port Moresby, surrounding provinces and referrals from across Papua New Guinea.
Key clinical services
- Emergency Medicine – 24-hour emergency care for trauma, medical and surgical emergencies.
- Medical Services – Internal medicine, cardiology, renal medicine, infectious diseases & more.
- Surgical Services – General surgery, orthopaedics, trauma surgery, urology and more.
- Maternity & Obstetrics – Antenatal care, labour ward, delivery, postnatal services.
- Paediatrics – Children’s emergency care, medical wards and neonatal services.
- Pathology – Laboratory services including haematology, microbiology and biochemistry.
- Radiology – X-ray, ultrasound and CT imaging services.
- Pharmacy – Inpatient and outpatient medication supply.
- Allied Health – Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nutrition, social work.
- Public Health & Screening – TB, HIV, STI screening and health promotion programs.
Specialist outpatient clinics
These clinics operate on scheduled days (subject to change):
- Medical outpatient clinics
- Surgical outpatient clinics
- ENT and Eye clinics
- Dental and Oral Health clinic
- Paediatric outpatient clinics
- Maternity specialist clinics
- Diabetes and chronic disease clinics
- Oncology clinics
Emergency services
PMGH operates one of the busiest emergency departments in the Pacific region. It provides urgent care for trauma, acute illness, maternal emergencies and paediatric emergencies.
Training & education
PMGH is the main teaching hospital for the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) School of Medicine & Health Sciences. Students from medicine, nursing, midwifery and allied health regularly rotate through clinical departments.
Referral process
Patients may be referred from urban clinics, health centres, provincial hospitals or private providers. For urgent or emergency referrals, please contact the Emergency Department directly.