Kapuna Laboratory
In 2017 we had no idea we needed a laboratory.
Want to learn more about us?
C-Section in the outbacks
October 7, 2025
It was the eve of PNG’s 50th Independence, but for Mirriam Brown, a 32-year-old from Irimuku village, it was just the day for her routine check-up at Kikori Hospital. During the scan, Midwife Sr. Anea’s screen showed something unexpected, something wrong. The placenta was in the wrong place—a suspected placenta previa. At 35 weeks pregnant, Mirriam’s path to a normal delivery was very unlikely.
Working Together to Save Lives
September 28, 2025
On the morning of August 14th, 2025, tragedy struck Poroi village. Cathy and her husband, Index Pulu, were brutally attacked with a bush knife. Both were critically injured.