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Article V · The Programme

Revolutionise Healthcare

Shorter waits, real specialists, care closer to home

SUM will audit the health system honestly, bring in experienced specialists through partnerships with allied nations, rebuild five district health centres, and put telemedicine on every island so no Seychellois is left without care.

The problem

People wait too long, travel too far, and too often are sent overseas for care that should be available at home. The system has good people inside it and failing structures around them. Pretending otherwise has cost lives and trust. The first honest act of a new government is to look clearly at what is broken.

At a glance
District centres5 rebuilt
Telemedicineevery island
Specialistsvia allied nations
Auditindependent, published
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By the numbers

The plan in figures

5
district health centres rebuilt and fully staffed
Every island
specialist advice by telemedicine
Independent
a published audit of the whole system
Our plan

What SUM will do

1

An immediate, independent audit

A clear-eyed review of the whole system to find the real weaknesses, published, so the fixes are aimed at facts and not headlines.

2

Specialists through allied nations

Bring experienced, well-trained doctors in quickly through partnerships, cutting waiting times while we build our own specialist capacity.

3

Five district health centres rebuilt

Full staffing, modern equipment and laboratory facilities in five key centres, so quality care sits closer to communities and the Victoria hospitals stop carrying everything.

4

Telemedicine on every island

A digital platform for remote specialist consultations, so distance stops deciding who gets expert advice.

5

Keep and reward our own

Better pay, better conditions and scholarships for specialised training abroad, so Seychellois medical staff build careers here instead of leaving.

In practice

How it works, step by step

1

Audit first, in the open

An independent review of the whole health system is commissioned early and published, so the repairs are aimed at the real weaknesses instead of the headlines.

2

Bring specialists in fast

Experienced specialists arrive quickly through partnerships with allied nations, cutting the waits that send patients overseas, while Seychelles builds its own specialist capacity behind them.

3

Rebuild five district centres

Five key health centres get full staffing, modern equipment and laboratories, so quality care sits closer to communities and the Victoria hospitals stop carrying everything.

4

Put telemedicine on every island

A digital platform links patients to specialist consultations wherever they live, so distance stops deciding who gets expert advice.

What it means for you

In real life

Shorter waits, specialist care without a plane ticket, and health services that reach the districts and the outer islands. A system rebuilt around the patient, staffed by professionals who are paid and trusted to stay.

A grandmother on La Digue

A telemedicine link lets her see a specialist without a boat and a bus to Victoria, and her local centre has the equipment to follow up.

A patient waiting months for a scan

Specialists brought in through partner nations shorten the queue, so a diagnosis that meant an overseas trip can happen at home.

How it is paid for

Much of the cost is a redirection, not an addition. Every case treated at home is a costly overseas referral avoided, and an audited system stops spending on the wrong problems. Better pay and training to keep our own medical staff is funded as the investment it is, because a country that loses its nurses and doctors pays far more to replace them.

Questions

On this article

Why bring in foreign specialists instead of training our own?

We do both. Training our own is the long answer and we fund it. Bringing in experienced specialists is the immediate answer for patients waiting now. One does not replace the other.

What does an honest audit change?

It stops money and effort going to the wrong problems. You cannot fix a system you refuse to measure, and the audit is published so the public can hold the plan to its findings.

Why bring in foreign specialists instead of training our own?

We do both. Training Seychellois specialists is the long answer and it is funded. Bringing in experienced specialists is the immediate answer for the patients waiting right now. One does not replace the other.

What does an honest audit actually change?

It stops money and effort going to the wrong problems. You cannot fix a system you refuse to measure, and publishing the audit lets the public hold the plan to its own findings.

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