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.

49-year-old Solastika Vendura from Mazana Village in the Kavango East Region is one of those who have been in the Rundu State Hospital for eight months now.

She was diagnosed with a lung condition and diabetes and has been admitted to the Rundu State Hospital since last November.

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.

The grandmother says Mathias Mingandja was born with a brain defect that stunted his growth and affected his arms and legs.

Sindano says she takes Mingandja to the Rundu State Hospital for physiotherapy every week, but he has shown no improvement in his condition.