Prime Minister, Elijah Ngurare has dismissed claims that Namibia's public hospitals are introducing separate units for government dignitaries, describing the narrative as dramatised and misleading.

Dr Ngurare was responding to a question by Swanu leader, Evilastus Kaaronda on why special units are constructed within public hospitals.

"We are told that there's a VIP unit at one of the public hospitals. Now there's been a lot of backlash, and the question is, is this what the public feels it is?That it is further social stratification where those who have would use it and those who do not have the means to use it will not use it," Kaaronda said.

In response, the Prime Minister explained that the upgrading of public health facilities across the country to world-class standards is part of the government's 2030 agenda, dismissing a two-tier system.

He emphasised that the plan includes seven health facilities across different regions, mainly Katutura Intermediate, Windhoek Central, Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Keetmanshoop District, Onandjokwe and Rundu.

The intention, he said, is to ensure that quality healthcare is consistent nationwide, rather than concentrated in urban centres.

"There is no need for us to dramatise this issue and thereby perhaps create a wrong impression of what is being intended.

"And really, there is no life that is secondary to another. If we need to provide support for somebody in Okangwati, that support must be commensurate with the support we provide anybody here in Windhoek," he said.

Dr Ngurare also called on the media and the public to avoid spreading misinformation and to engage constructively with the reforms.