Pacific / Papua New Guinea

Manus Island detention health clinic granted license

17:23 pm on 8 April 2017

The health care provider International Health and Medical Services (IHMS) says it has been granted a temporary license for its clinic to operate at Australia's refugee detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island.

Detention centre guards on Manus Island. Photo: Behrouz Boochani

The company says its staff have also been given authority to practice by the PNG Medical Board.

Last week, the company stopped operating at the centre following a protracted dispute with the PNG government over the clinic's registration.

It was accused of operating without a license and of breaking laws regarding labour, tax evasion and immigration.

The company has refuted those allegations.

In 2015, a Guardian investigation revealed the company had failed to meet medical targets and deliberately included incorrect data in reports to the Australian immigration department.