Maternity wards left without water

NEWBORN babies and their mothers in the Windhoek Central Hospital’s maternity wards were without water for most of Sunday after pipes burst.

Angry family members of those in the pre-natal and post-natal maternity wards complained bitterly, as the patients had to do without water for the whole of Sunday. They have called on the health authorities to investigate why it took so long to repair the pipes.Hospital authorities called the plumbers on Sunday but the pipes were only repaired at around midnight.Hospital Superintendent Dr Jack Vries said an urgent meeting was called yesterday morning to discuss the water shortage.”They will not be without water any longer.We worked on it,” he told The Namibian.Nurses said they had to go outside the building to collect water for bathing the babies and for the mothers to drink.They have called on the health authorities to investigate why it took so long to repair the pipes.Hospital authorities called the plumbers on Sunday but the pipes were only repaired at around midnight.Hospital Superintendent Dr Jack Vries said an urgent meeting was called yesterday morning to discuss the water shortage.”They will not be without water any longer.We worked on it,” he told The Namibian.Nurses said they had to go outside the building to collect water for bathing the babies and for the mothers to drink.