New medical practice opens in Mariental

THE town of Mariental has a new medical practice that opened its doors last month.

Speaking at the official opening of the practice, minister of education, arts and culture Katrina Hanse-Himarwa said the facility was much needed.

“I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mariental Medical Practice for their commitment in joining forces with government to ensure that not another child will be unattended to due to a lack of health facilities in the region,” Hanse-Himarwa said.

The education minister noted that the country still faces formidable challenges that prevent effective development. Therefore, to achieve development growth and Vision 2030 it need to invest in human resource development on an ongoing basis.

“There is no doubt that one of the challenging elements to social development is the lack of skilled individual resources,” Hanse-Himarwa remarked. The owner of the medical practice centre, Dr Berit Platt, said he felt “ it was important not only to plough back into Namibia, but to relocate and provide services to towns that may not be as fortunate as the capital city.

Platt encouraged the locals and those living in surrounding areas to make use of the new medical facility, while calling medical practitioners to always strive to deliver their best service.

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