Onandjokwe State Hospital

Onandjokwe State Hospital, until 2016 Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital, is the oldest hospital in the northern part of Namibia. It was built in 1911 by the Finnish Missionary Society under the leadership of Selma Rainio. The hospital was operated by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN) via Lutheran Medical Services until 2016, when the Government of Namibia took over. The hospital hosts a medical museum, the only one in Namibia. Onandjokwe State Hospital is located in Oniipa in Oshikoto Region, 10 km (6.2 mi) southeast of Ondangwa. Ondangwa town has a population of 36,800 according to the 2011 census data and has a small airport. Onandjokwe serves as the primary health care centre for the Onandjokwe District of the Oshikoto Region which has a size of approximately 25,000 km2 (9, 700 sq mi). According to the most recent census data of 2011, the population of the Oshikoto Region is 181,600 of which Oniipa make up a population of 24 800. Onandjokwe is staffed by 240 nurses, both full-time nurses and nursing students, as well as by 22 doctors. The hospital has 470 beds, ten different wards and nine smaller clinics and other services.

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