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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 88540, member: 27"] The hospital’s record-keeping is so screwed up that patient files are literally getting soaked on the floor. Oshakati State Hospital’s mess [LIST] [*]Oshakati State Hospital ran out of proper space for records. [*]Staff had to stash files in a half-finished tin shack. [*]Budget problems stopped them from finishing that temporary storage. [*]Some patient folders ended up on beds nobody can use. [/LIST] Job Amupanda calls it out [LIST] [*]Amupanda slammed the record-keeping in a Monday social media post. [*]He warned the risk to patient care is seriously not okay. [*]His movement backs the government’s vision but hates the follow-through. [*]He stressed medical histories are getting wrecked by water and pests. [/LIST] The acting superintendent explains [LIST] [*]Ndawapeka Nhinda said they had to get creative after space ran out. [*]She confirmed their makeshift setup doesn’t meet archive laws. [*]Humidity forced them to ship some files to a warehouse in Ongwediva. [*]She admitted more patients mean the file pile keeps growing. [/LIST] Archives law is ancient [LIST] [*]Namutenya Hamwaalwa said the current Archives Act is super outdated. [*]He argued it needs an urgent revamp for physical and digital records. [*]Cabinet already signed off on reviewing the law. [*]The fix will involve the prime minister’s office and tech ministry. [/LIST] Data rules are a mess too [LIST] [*]The prime minister’s office banned public cloud for government data. [*]Rhingo Mutambo said they can’t host anything outside Namibia’s borders. [*]They’re waiting for a data protection bill and a cloud policy first. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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