Namibia: Healthcare Workers Battle Lack of Protective Gear ‍[N | AllAfrica

Namibia: Healthcare Workers Battle Lack of Protective Gear
‍[Namibian] NURSES and doctors at the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital in the Oshana region are scrambling for personal protective equipment (PPE), reusing what they have as the country's third Covid-19 wave surges.
The healthcare workers say they are in desperate need of masks, gloves and gowns.
Nurses at the hospital say they are forced to wear the same masks for days and even weeks at a time.
A nurse, who prefers to remain anonymous, says the hospital has been struggling to acquire PPE for months, and the situation i
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