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.

The cause of the fire is unknown and is still being investigated by the Ministry of Works and Transport.

The hospital then opted to transport medical waste to Outjo, Okakarara and Grootfontein hospitals for disposing of.