Namibia: Over 300 Beds Planned for Rundu Mental Health Centre

The Ministry of Health and Social Services plans to construct a massive new mental health facility at Rundu, with over 300 beds, aiming to address the current overcrowding crisis.

According to a notice from the environmental impact assessment (EIA), the proposed six-hectare facility, to be built next to Don Bosco Catholic Church along Independence Avenue, will include a forensic psychiatric ward with around 100 beds, a civil psychiatric ward of similar capacity, a geriatric ward with 20 beds, an…