The International University of Management (IUM) has donated medical equipment worth N$8.5 million to the Ministry of Health and Social Services.

In June of this year, Rundu State Hospital received 28-year-old Secilia Mukoya from the Tumweneni settlement as a patient. Mukoya was treated for a giant ameloblastoma condition, which caused the right side of her face to swell. 

Mukoya has been living with this condition since 2016.

Some mothers who gave birth to premature babies at the Rundu State Hospital said the NEO for Namibia NGO has been a beacon of hope.

It was an emotional affair as various mothers gathered to share stories about their premature babies during the NGO's 10th anniversary. 

A decade ago, neonatal care at the Rundu State Hospital was nonexistent. As a result, hundreds of babies died, leaving parents devastated. 

Patients who depend on oxygen concentrators but cannot afford them are often stuck in hospitals.

While taking up a much-needed bed, they are also frustrated about staying away from family members for too long.

A grandmother of a child with a disability in Rundu's Sauyemwa Informal Settlement is finding it tough to raise her grandson.

Mariana Sindano says she has been looking after the now nine-year-old child since birth.