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Monday, September 8, 2008 - Web posted at 7:45:05 AM GMT Minister of health urges private doctors to help in public institutions HEALTH and Social Services Minister Richard Kamwi has once again appealed to private medical practitioners to come forth and volunteer their services to the public institutions in the country. |
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Speaking at Oshakati where diamond companies De Beers and Namdeb jointly donated N$800 000 towards the upgrading of the Oshakati hospital's casualty department on Thursday, Kamwi admitted that his Ministry is faced with insufficient resources and a shortage of medical doctors. A while ago, the Minister made a similar appeal for private medical practitioners to volunteer their services if the challenges related to human resources in the public health sector of the country are to be overcome. He commended some Namibian medical practitioners such as Tshali Iithete, Elizabeth Kamati, Juno Nashandi, Bernard Haufiku, Dossy Kalangula and Ruth Amunyela for having already started volunteering their services to public health institutions. "I thank them most sincerely for their positive response to my request," Kamwi noted, while urging private medical practitioners, be it expatriate, dentists or pharmacists, to render their services on a voluntary basis at public health facilities. Expressing appreciation for De Beers and Namdeb's contribution to the upgrading of the Oshakati hospital's casualty ward and other companies that have already contributed to his Ministry's policy of providing health for all, Kamwi invited those who have not yet done so to come forth. NamPower, Pukumani Trust, MVA Fund, Ohlthaver & List, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Standard Bank, Bank Windhoek, Old Mutual and NamPost are some of the companies that have already invested millions into the renovation of several health facilities in the country, he noted. At the same time, Kamwi disclosed that plans are under way to upgrade the Oshakati hospital to a modern health facility within a period of less than three years. Talks about the modernisation of the Oshakati hospital are at an advanced stage to secure a sum of N$322 million for this purpose, he said. Nampa |
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