Doctors across Gaza have described operating on patients without anaesthetic, turning people with chronic conditions away, and treating rotting wounds with limited medical supplies. “Because of the shortage of painkillers we leave patients to scream for hours and hours,” one told the BBC. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has described the state of healthcare in...
The matron at Rundu Intermediate Hospital, Martina Hausiku, says a number of elderly patients had a lot of questions after they found out about the death of Dr. Hage Geingob. When the news broke that Dr. Hage Geingob had died, various Namibians were either at home or on their way somewhere else. But a large...
The number of state patients requiring funding from the Ministry of Health and Social Services has increased drastically over the years. This fund, which was established to assist state patients who are unable to afford private health care, was allotted about N$57 million for the 2023/2024 financial year. The Special Fund for the Treatment of...
Namibia only has one outdated machine that treats cancer through radiation at a public health centre, oncologist Dr Pelagia Peggy Emvula said, warning that this contributes to delays in treatment for state patients. “Patients at private centres get better treatment because they can get their hands on anything, subject to them paying. The machines that...
Staff Reporter THE Mental Patient Ward at Swakopmund State Hospital is currently undergoing repairs after sustaining partial damage on Sunday due to a patient setting it alight. The repair completion date remains undetermined, pending input from the Ministry of Works and Transport, according to Swakopmund State Hospital. This comes after a 26-year-old patient was admitted...
Zorena Jantze THE Executive Director within the Ministry of Works and Transport, Ester Kaapanda, has stated that despite the government allocating a total of N$40 million for this financial year to renovate the dilapidated Katutura Intermediary Public Hospital, these works have been stalled as they cannot continue while patients are still admitted to the hospital....
The ongoing major renovations at the 50-year-old Katutura Intermediate Hospital are facing delays due to the continued presence of patients, amid failure to secure alternative health facilities to relocate the sick. With these delays, the Ministry of Works and Transport that was mandated to facilitate the renovation of one of the country’s biggest referral hospitals,...
Ibadan, Nigeria – A wave of red corrugated roofs welcomes visitors to the city of Ibadan in southwest Nigeria. Inside the 200-year-old city’s centre, incessant traffic winds through narrow, unpaved roads and past crowded open-air markets. At the edge of the city, Opeyemi Dasola’s home, a square fortress of cement, is a calm oasis. Dasola,...
Health minister Kalumbi Shangula has described the shortage of medical gloves at some hospitals nationwide as a crisis. This comes after some nurses told The Namibian they have been working on patients without protective gloves. In the Zambezi region, nurses and doctors at the Katima Mulilo District Hospital have been operating without medical gloves for...