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Govt spends N$80m on private MRI referrals
Patience Makwele The government has spent more than N$80 million over the past five years referring more than 4 000 state patients to private facilities for MRI scans, highlighting the cost of Namibia’s long-standing lack of public MRI services. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah revealed the figures on Thursday during the inauguration of the country’s first government-owned […]
Windhoek ObserverBy Patience Makwele11 Sept 2026, 07:30 am
The government has spent more than N$80 million over the past five years referring more than 4 000 state patients to private facilities for MRI scans, highlighting the cost of Namibia’s long-standing lack of public MRI services.
Originally published by Windhoek Observer on 11 Sept 2026, 07:30 am. View original article