Oshakati hospital receives large donation The Ohorongo Otavi Community Trust has donated medical equipment worth about N$700 000 to the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital.Hans-Wilhem Schutte, the managing director of Ohorongo Cement, handed over the donation on Friday. He said health and education were the main focus of the Ohorongo Otavi Community Trust and added the trust identifies projects that need support in conjunction with its partner EV Support in Germany. “Our support to the health sector has increased to over N$70 million. We started supporting the health sector in 2013 when we donated an ambulance worth N$348 000 to the Otavi clinic. Today we are handing over a donation worth N$688 000 to the Oshakati hospital which consists of electronic hospital beds, wheelchairs and other medical equipment,” Schutte said.
Schutte said they recently created a special fund for supporting albinos throughout the country.
At the same occasion, health and social services deputy minister Juliet Kavetuna urged the Oshakati hospital management to make good use of the donated equipment. “The donation came at the right time when the ministry''s budget has been cut and we cannot afford to procure some of the needed equipment. I am urging you not to let these items gather dust in your storerooms, but let the needy use them,” Kavetuna said. Kavetuna appealed to people with health problems to visit hospitals for assistance instead of making public appeals for help. The donation was received by Oshana governor Clemens Kashuupulwa, the acting director of health in the Oshana Region, Johanna Haimene, Oshakati Intermediate Hospital medical superintendent Dr Josephine Augustinus and other management staff.
ILENI NANDJATO