PNG Governor General remains critical

7:10 pm on 31 October 2016

Papua New Guinea's Governor General, Sir Michael Ogio, remains in a critical condition in an Australian hospital.

Sir Michael Ogio, Govenor General of Papua New Guinea.

Sir Michael Ogio, Govenor General of Papua New Guinea. Photo: Government House PNG

Sir Michael was medivacced from Port Moresby to Brisbane on Friday after he suffered complications from heart surgery last year.

The Post Courier reports that Sir Michael remains in a critical condition, but is awake.

He was visited by Australia's Governor General, Sir Peter Cosgrove, on Sunday.