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The populous Ohangwena Region has the lowest ratio of hospital beds to population
size.
According to the report about 21% of Namibians live more than 10 kilometres from the
nearest healthcare provider.
The 18 ICU beds in state hospitals consist of eight at the Windhoek Central Hospital, six
at the Oshakati State Hospital and four at the Onandjokwe State Hospital.
All the private hospitals in Namibia combined have a total of 43 general ICU beds and
24 paediatric ICU beds.
In Windhoek, the Lady Pohamba Private Hospital has 27 ICU beds, Mediclinic has 14
beds, the Rhino Park Private Hospital has five and the Roman Catholic Hospital has ten,
Shangula said.
The Welwitschia Private Hospital at the coast has four ICU beds, Ondangwa Medipark in
the north has one and the Rundu Private Hospital has six.
According to the report there are 101 private health facilities with 1 144 beds in
Namibia, most of them in the Khomas and Erongo regions.
Namibia has a total number of1 222 doctors in the public and private healthcare
sectors combined. About half of them work in the Knomas Region.
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