The expecting mothers at Otjimbingwe no longer have to travel long distances to Usakos to deliver.

This follows a donation of equipment worth about seven hundred thousand dollars courtesy of Lipidico Chemicals Namibia.

Ojtimbingwe Clinic has been without enough space for emergency deliveries, and patients have travelled to Usakos, 90 kilometres away.

The Executive Director of the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Ben Nangombe, said transporting patients for emergencies was challenging and posed a risk to patients.

The construction of a N$59 million maternity ward at Onandjokwe Intermediate Hospital is nearing completion.

The Onandjokwe maternity ward will be the largest ward among all public health facilities, with a bed capacity of 120.

Currently, the ward has a bed capacity of 70.

It will have its own two theatres, a high-care unit for babies and mothers, as well as an emergency department.

According to Dr. Saad Rwehumbiza, the acting medical superintendent at Onandjokwe Intermediate Hospital, the hospital delivers more than 7,500 babies annually.