Otjiwarongo Hospital seeks help identifying memory-loss patient

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The Otjiwarongo State Hospital is asking the public for assistance in identifying a male patient who has been hospitalized for nearly two months.  

The man, who is now in stable condition, suffers from memory loss after sustaining a head injury about four months ago.  

Uncollected medical waste piles up at Otjiwarongo State Hospital

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Uncollected medical waste piles up at Otjiwarongo State Hospital due to a lack of transport to the nearby towns' hospitals with an incinerator.

The hospital has been struggling with disposing of medical waste since the incinerator caught fire last year November.