The Minister of Health and Social Services, Esperance Luvindao, has reiterated the government's commitment to resolving the challenges facing the health sector. 

She said this while officiating at the inauguration of the first-ever kidney dialysis unit at Keetmanshoop District State Hospital. 

There are 25 kidney dialysis patients in Keetmanshoop who would travel to Windhoek to receive treatment. 

Dr. Luvindao said the ministry has decentralised some of its services to enhance healthcare service delivery, such as recruitment and procurement. 

"And by doing so, we want to become more efficient as a ministry. We are committed to ensuring we improve the health care in Namibia. And let this be a symbol of hope. Let this be a symbol for every single one of you that there is hope. There is a lot of work to be done; I don't deny it."

||Kharas Governor Dawid Gertze said the inauguration of the dialysis unit marks a transformative moment in the region's history. 

"The opening of this cutting-edge dialysis unit at the Keetmanshoop District Hospital has been a watershed moment in regional health care, effectively decentralising life-saving renal care and eliminating the arduous 500 kilometres that we had to travel to move our patients from this hospital to Windhoek."

The Social Security Commission invested in the renovation of the dialysis unit. 

Luvidao revealed that the hospital will soon be equipped with a CT scan machine, while plans are afoot to transform Keetmanshoop Hospital into an intermediate one.