Otjozondjupa Regional Governor, James Uerikua, has reiterated a call for a referral hospital at Otjiwarongo because of the many accidents happening on the B1 road.
Uerikua was speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ombili Clinic at Otjiwarongo.
Otjiwarongo has a population of 220,000 inhabitants, of which 62,000 depend on health services from the Otjiwarongo State Hospital.
The challenge of skill-mix imbalance remains a concern for the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS).
Minister Kalumbi Shangula pointed out that this shortage of health professionals in the labour market is the cause of the imbalance.
The shortage is in the areas of optometrists, cardiologists, dieticians, speech therapists, sonographers, prostheticians, and psychologists, among others.
Minister Shangula also highlighted the issue of a lack of funding to train and study in those fields.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services' Executive Director, Ben Nangombe, urged the public not to panic because of the high number of COVID-19 cases reported in Rehoboth.
He says the ministry is taking the necessary measures to isolate the positive cases and their contacts to prevent the spread of the virus.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services earlier announced 20 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Rehoboth in the Hardap Region last week, the majority stemming from Dr. Lemmer High School and one from St. Joseph's Primary School.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) faced questions about the availability of cancer treatment equipment in the country following the death of Dr. Hage Geingob, who had to seek treatment in this regard in the United States of America.
During a recent parliamentary session, the leader of the Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF), Epafras Mukwiilongo, raised concerns and asked the Ministry of Health about plans to acquire modern cancer treatment machines.
Heavy storms in the Kavango West Region on Wednesday left the Tondoro Health Centre flooded.
The stormwater left the waiting, reception, pharmacy storage areas, and delivery room underwater.
According to the Ministry of Health and Social Services, the water originated from a water pool that had formed along the nearby gravel road due to inadequate stormwater drainage.
The Ministry says no major damage to medical equipment or clinical supplies occurred.
Healthcare service at the Okahao District Hospital is expected to improve with the arrival of medical equipment from the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS).
The equipment is valued at N$6 million: an electrical auto switch generator, an oxygen plant, X-ray machines, dental equipment, and laundry equipment.
The oxygen plant will now allow the hospital to produce its own oxygen by January 2024.
An x-ray, the only one of its kind in the region, will help patients from across the region and beyond.
The TB Free Namibia Foundation and the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) have donated e-bikes to the Tsumkwe Clinic. The bikes are intended to benefit the community of Tsumkwe and will be used in the prevention and management of drug-resistant TB.
During the World TB Day Commemoration in Tsumkwe in April this year, the TB Free Namibia Foundation, in collaboration with Dundee Precious Minerals, donated N$61,000 to the Ministry of Health and Social Services.This amount was used to procure two e-bikes for the drug-resistant TB programme in Tsumkwe.
The death toll of people who died from suspected food poisoning at Kayova Village in the Kavango East Region has increased to 13.
The Health Director for Kavango East, Waita Kapumburo, confirmed to nbc News that the number of people who are suspected to have eaten poisoned food was actually 20 and not 18, as earlier indicated.
Kapumburo also confirmed that of the 20 people, 13 have so far died, while four are in critical condition.
They are all from the same household and aged between two and 33.
The recently signed Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Health and Social Services and the World Health Organisation (WHO) will greatly contribute to Namibia's preparedness in addressing the challenges presented by global pandemics.
President Hage Geingob praised the agreement during a farewell courtesy call by Dr. Charles Sagoe-Moses, outgoing Country Representative of the WHO, at the State House.
