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The Namibian
Tue 13 Aug 2013
SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair? Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform. SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf
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NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-07-31
PILING UP
Toilet water inconvenience mothers
Theresia Tjihenuna
STAFF members and women in labour at the Katutura State Hospital’s maternity ward have to run around with basins of water to flush toilets after every use since the ward’s toilets have not been flushing for over a month.
STAFF members and women in labour at the Katutura State Hospital’s maternity ward have to run around with basins of water to flush toilets after every use since the ward’s toilets have not been flushing for over a month.
Despite the toilets being in constant use by patients, staff members say the problem has been ongoing for more than a month and nothing has been done to address the issue as yet.
“The toilets have not been flushing since I arrived here four days ago. We have to fetch water from other sources in order to flush the toilets,” one of the patients who spoke on condition of anonymity said.
Nurses were hastily walking up and down the hallways carrying basins of water to flush toilets when The Namibian paid a visit at the busy ward yesterday.
Although staff members in the maternity ward say only the toilet flushing is the problem, The Namibian has it on good record that some rooms in the ward are without running water.
A nurse at the ward who chose to withhold her name said sometimes the ward does not have hot water and patients have to take the cold shower, or in some instances, do not bath at all.
She said pregnant women or mothers who have just given birth have to make the trip down the halls to fetch water from other rooms in order to flush toilets after using the facility. Even the ward’s examination room, where mothers-to-be are monitored does not have a flushing toilet and running water. The nurse also said due to the water shortage at the ward, dirty sheets have been piling-up for some time now.
“I personally think it is time the government built a new hospital because the current one has deteriorated. This building (hospital) is more than 30 years old and maintenance is very expensive, it is better to build a new hospital rather than spend a lot of money trying to maintain a hospital this old,” said the concerned nurse.
When approached for comment, the hospital’s medical superintendent, Georg Juddman said he can only answer The Namibian’s questions today as he was busy attending to important issues.
Despite the toilets being in constant use by patients, staff members say the problem has been ongoing for more than a month and nothing has been done to address the issue as yet.
“The toilets have not been flushing since I arrived here four days ago. We have to fetch water from other sources in order to flush the toilets,” one of the patients who spoke on condition of anonymity said.
Nurses were hastily walking up and down the hallways carrying basins of water to flush toilets when The Namibian paid a visit at the busy ward yesterday.
Although staff members in the maternity ward say only the toilet flushing is the problem, The Namibian has it on good record that some rooms in the ward are without running water.
A nurse at the ward who chose to withhold her name said sometimes the ward does not have hot water and patients have to take the cold shower, or in some instances, do not bath at all.
She said pregnant women or mothers who have just given birth have to make the trip down the halls to fetch water from other rooms in order to flush toilets after using the facility. Even the ward’s examination room, where mothers-to-be are monitored does not have a flushing toilet and running water. The nurse also said due to the water shortage at the ward, dirty sheets have been piling-up for some time now.
“I personally think it is time the government built a new hospital because the current one has deteriorated. This building (hospital) is more than 30 years old and maintenance is very expensive, it is better to build a new hospital rather than spend a lot of money trying to maintain a hospital this old,” said the concerned nurse.
When approached for comment, the hospital’s medical superintendent, Georg Juddman said he can only answer The Namibian’s questions today as he was busy attending to important issues.
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