Namibia: Tsumkwe’s Medical Emergency … Ambulance Shortage Puts Lives At Risk

!am Di — Residents of !AM Di, a remote village in the Tsumkwe constituency of the Otjozondjupa region, face a healthcare dilemma due to an acute shortage of ambulances.

The lack of a reliable transport system to health centres has forced families into heart-wrenching situations, sometimes transporting sick relatives and family members themselves, or tragically retrieving the bodies of deceased family members from distant roadsides after they succumb to illnesses.

During a recent visit to the…