Medical and general insurer FijiCare Insurance and its subsidiaries MIOT Pacific Medical and MIOT Pacific Diagnostics have signed on as the major and naming rights sponsor for the Fiji Medical Association for this year.
FijiCare Insurance chief operating officer Krishika Narayan and Fiji Medical Association (FMA) president Dr Alipate Vakamocea signed the agreement in Suva yesterday.
Ms Narayan said their aim was to work closely with FMA to enhance healthcare services across the country.
She said the association had long been a pillar of Fiji’s medical community, promoting excellence, innovation and professional growth.
“This sponsorship represents more than just financial support, it symbolises a mutual commitment to strengthening Fiji’s healthcare system,” Ms Narayan said.
“Through this partnership, we look forward to supporting medical education, continuous training and various initiatives that empower our healthcare professionals with the tools and knowledge to deliver exceptional care.”
Ms Narayan said the FijiCare Group remained committed to raising healthcare standards throughout the country.
“At FijiCare, we believe that healthcare is not merely a service, it is a responsibility. A responsibility to ensure every Fijian has access to quality medical care.
“In this light, partnerships between private and public healthcare sectors are absolutely essential.”
The FMA president acknowledged FijiCare Group for the support.
“The financial support is going to go a long way in not just training our healthcare professionals for the future, but also in empowering FMA to be able to carry out its responsibilities in terms of informing the public of important issues, that we need to start taking care of our health and things like that,” Dr Vakamocea said.
“In the past, we’ve come out about the HIV outbreak and more recently the dengue outbreak that we’re currently facing, and it’s something we can’t do without the important partnerships in health.
“That’s where we see private public partnership going a long way in improving Fiji’s health overall.”
The sponsorship covers a one-year period.
Dr Vakamocea said that sponsorship would cover professional development and major conferences of Fiji’s health practitioners to bring them up to speed on the latest development in healthcare.
Note: This article was first published on the print version of the Fiji Times dated April 8, 2025.
