A clash by two clans in Karizogo, in upper Bundi, Madang Province on the 17th of March 2022 has not only disturbed peace but almost cost the lives of four people.
Footage supplied by Kumura Foundation show three man bleeding uncontrollably and a woman nursing cut fingers.
The four were slashed with machete or bush knives.
They were lucky, medical experts from Kumura Foundation were close by.
Bundi is located at the border of Madang and Simbu Province. It has some of the most challenging terrains in PNG making it difficult to get to a nearest health center immediately.
Vincent Kumura, the Director of Kumura Foundation said two of the injured were escorted for miles uphill to Snow Pass and the other was carried on a makeshift stretcher for two hours to Betty Camp near Pandambai, Upper Bundi to be transported in the Kumura Foundation’s Upper Bundi Ambulance to the Sir. Joseph Nombri Memorial Hospital (SJNMH) in Kundiawa.
With the help of Rat Wara- a local PMV owner of Gembogl, the head of the Emergency Department at the SJNMH Dr Bobby Welsh and his team, all four injured persons received timely treatment.
Three of them have been discharged from the hospital.
The other is in a stable condition.
Kumura thanked the Sir. Brian Bell Foundation for the much needed Upper Bundi Ambulance that is saving lives in this part of the country.
The Ambulance was donated last year.
So far, 140 patients have been transported to health facilities in Simbu Province.
Thirty percent are from the Kundiawa-Gembogl District and the rest from Bundi.
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