Eliminate middlemen from medical supplies: Ndume

NAMPA

2025-09-11

Eye surgery: A patient that suffers from eye sight issues undergoing eye surgery. PHOTO: Max Henrich (NAMPA)

OMUTHIYA, 11 SEP (NAMPA) - Ophthalmologist and volunteer surgeon Dr Helena Ndume has called on the elimination of the middlemen from providing medical services to the government.

Ndume said this on Wednesday during the preventative blindness campaign being held at Onandjokwe Hospital in Oniipa, Oshikoto region were the mission is to restore the eye sight of 500 patients.

She indicated that if the government eliminates the middlemen there will...

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