1959
First Private Clinic in Papua New Guinea
First private practice clinic opened in Port Moresby during the then-Australian Territory of Papua by Dr. Shirley Clifton-Smith on the site of where the Hospital now stands. She was the wife of the Director Commonwealth Department of Works
1965
Practice Sold to Dr Allan Hutchinson
The clinic was bought by Dr. Allan Hutchinsons who employed several esteemed doctors as “assistants” in the mid-seventies including Dr Aldo Vacca (pictured) – renowned acclaimed (globally) for vacuum-extraction
1979
Dr Glen Mola’s Clinic
Professor Glen Mola purchased the clinic through a loan from the Agriculture Bank of PNG and rebranded it “Dr. Mola’s Clinic”, with 5-bed maternity and labor ward and a small operating theatre. Dr Mola’s Clinic became a household name throughout the young state of PNG
1984
First Private Hospital in Papua New Guinea
After returning from post graduate studies in the United Kingdom in 1981, Professor Glen Mola expanded the facility into the country’s first private hospital in 1984
1993
Shared Ownership –
Professor Glen Mola, Dr Robin Sios & Dr Misi Lam
Prof. Glen Mola forged a partnership and shared ownership with Dr. Robin Sios and Dr. Misi Lam. This was the beginning of a 25-year-long partnership that would see the clinic-turned-hospital grow from strength to strength, changing the face of private healthcare in this country
2014
100% National Owned
Dr Robin Sios & Mrs Janet Sios
In 2014, Prof. Glen Mola and Dr. Misi Lam handed over the reins and their shareholding to the remaining partner Dr. Robin Sios and his wife, Mrs Janet Sios. PPH becomes a 100% first nationally owned private hospital. The couple have built the hospital up to a 40-bed facility, treated over 80,000 patients annually, and is staffed by 200 professional both medical and corporate
- Dr. Robin Sios was awarded OBE for his services to the Health Industry
- Mrs Janet Sios was awarded a member of the Logohu award by the Government of Papua New Guinea for her services to the community
2022
Transformation Roadmap
Launched our 5 years Strategic Plan 2022 – 2027 “Our Health”. The Plan sets out a roadmap and shall guide the way forward for the hospital in the provision of health service delivery into the future. We acknowledged the importance of Technology in assisting us in delivering our strategy, shaping future healthcare models and meeting international best practices
2023
The Year We Went Digital
The standard patient cards have played a vital role over the years in managing our clinical workflows and business processes. But the future is technology, we launched our new Hospital Management system in October. We are now the first cloud based digitally enabled Hospital with a solid foundation for future growth
2024
Way Forward
The Future
We have expanded our HR team to focus on our people and we have started to use technology to enhance, transform and direct our business effectively in adopting to the digital shift
