Suva - Post Report Question and Answers
Are there any particular health concerns? What is the quality of available medical care? What medical conditions typically require medical evacuation?
Medical care is very limited and basic. Pretty much anything that can't be fixed with a band-aid plan to be medevaced to Singapore (10+ hour flight). I think everyone who has served in Fiji has been medevaced for something at least once.
There is a small health unit at the Embassy, but the services they offer are limited. Suva Private Hospital is the approved hospital, but as I said if it is something a bandaid can't fix you will be on a plane to Singapore.
There is Zika in the country (but outside of the major cities). It's not really an issue unless you are hiking through the jungle. For divers there is only one decompression chamber in the country (located in Suva) but during out time there the chamber was broken. I don't know if it has been fixed but just be aware if you get bent while diving you might be in trouble.
- Oct 2018
Mosquito-borne diseases are a concern (dengue, zika), although most expats live in housing that either has A/C or screened windows, which helps tremendously. There is a private hospital which does a nice job, but there are also many medevacs throughout the year for various reasons. I do not recommend a life in Fiji for anyone who has chronic health problems, as that can be a definite problem. - Apr 2016
