The Ministry of Health and Social Services has expressed concern over a reported outage at the Mariental Regional Hospital in the Hardap region.
Executive Director Ben Nangombe condemned the incident on Wednesday after a video circulated on social media showing an unattended nursing station and patients waiting without medical attention.
In an official statement, Nangombe described the situation as unacceptable and inconsistent with the ministry’s standards for healthcare delivery. He assured the public that a thorough investigation would be conducted and that appropriate action would be taken if any staff member was found to have breached regulations.
According to hospital management, the outage occurred on the male ward due to miscommunication between the day and night shift teams during shift change. Other hospital wards, including maternity, emergency, children’s and women’s wards, were reportedly unaffected.
Nangombe confirmed that no patients were harmed as a result of the incident and apologised to those who were inconvenienced. He also stated that the regional director had been instructed to further investigate the matter and take measures to prevent it from happening again in the future.