Namibia: Health Minister Explains Tea and Coffee Suspension

13 March 2019

Windhoek — Minister of Health and Social Services Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday explained the partial suspension of serving of tea and coffee to patients in state hospitals, saying the exercise did not serve its intended purpose. "It was identified that the tea and coffee which are served at 10h00, 15h00 and 19h00 a day, which actually carried a significant financial cost, are not really used for the purposes they were intended for and therefore it should be suspended," he told lawmakers.

Shangula was responding to Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) Member of Parliament Elma Dienda who wanted to know the motivation behind this drastic measure.

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