especially premature ones fall sick within the first two days due to infections which are caused by the overcrowding situation at the state hospital.

Hertta-Maria Amutenja Doctors and nurses at the Windhoek Central Hospital said some newborn babies, especially premature ones fall sick within the first two days due to infections which are caused by the overcrowding situation at the state hospital. The hospital’s Neonatal ward is designed to accommodate 30 babies at a time but sometimes it accommodates 64 babies at once, a situation that makes it hard to control the spread of infections. The doctors said while briefing the Parliament Standing Committee on Gender Equality Social Development and Family Affairs when they visited the hospital this week to assess the status of…