The Ministry of Health and Social Services has stopped providing emergency response services because of a shortage of ambulances and paramedics.
Critically ill state patients in Windhoek who need an ambulance from their homes to the Katutura State Hospital or the Windhoek Central Hospital are referred to the City of Windhoek’s ambulance service instead. The municipality has only four ambulances, making it hard to cater to all emergency calls.
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