Unfinished, abandoned hospitals irk regions

Access to healthcare continues to evade the poor. A number of hospitals and clinics have been abandoned unfinished by building contractors while others are said to lack doctors and equipment.
All this was revealed in regional councils’ reports submitted to the National Assembly.
In its report, the Otjozondjupa Regional Council complained about the Okondjatu Health Centre in the Okakarara Constituency which has been left uncompleted for more than three years.
The absence of an intensive care unit in the region led to unnecessary deaths, it said.
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