The Engela Hospital has received 14 medical doctors to address the backlog in service delivery.

This development is hoped to shorten, if not alleviate, the patient's waiting period.

The Engela Hospital is the largest in the Ohangwena Region, serving a large catchment population of 180,000 people.

Over the past years, the hospital has been operating with only five doctors, resulting in patients spending many hours in the queue or sometimes even going back home without being attended to.

Residents of Oimba-dalunga in the Ohangwena Region were the first to witness the flood waters coming into Namibia from Angola on Friday. 

Some access roads leading to Engela hospital and surrounding villages from Oimbadalunga have already been flooded. 

Scores of residents and visitors alike have been frequenting the oshanas in the area to witness the flash flood waters emanating from neighboring Angola. This follows heavy rains received in that country over the past few days.