Namibia: Pregnant Women Camp Outside Hospital

27 August 2014

Ongwediva — For many years the Engela State Hospital - located at the Namibian/Angolan border town of Helao Nafidi - has served as the referral hospital for patients from Ohangwena and Omusati regions.

Patients accompanied by family members and relatives travel hundreds of kilometres to the hospital for medical care and as a result a number of patients including expecting mothers camp in front of the hospital, waiting to be attended to by a doctor.

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