Ongwediva's Medipark goes academic
Opening up a vast acumen of knowledge, Ongwediva Medipark is working with Unam's medical school as a teaching hospital.
The school of medicine at the University of Namibia (Unam) will now rely on specialists and medical facilities at the Ongwediva private hospital, Medipark in their pursuit to train qualified medical doctors and pharmacists.
Ongwediva Medipark opened its doors for Unam to use their more than 30 specialist doctors in various disciplines to train aspiring medical students.
On Thursday Unam's vice-chancellor Lazarus Hangula and Ongwediva Medipark's managing director Dr Tshali Iithete unveiled the Ongwediva Medipark academic facility accredited by the Health Professional Council of Namibia, and complementing Onadjokwe Lutheran Hospital and Oshakati Intermediate Hospital.
However, the school of medicine appealed to Ongwediva Medipark to extend its gratitude in offering internship training to their dentistry, occupational therapy and physiotherapy students.
“We can now feel the dream of the School of Medicine slowly becoming a reality as Ongwediva Medipark agreed to open its doors to the training of our future doctors. At Unam, we are renewing our dedication to produce the very best of health professionals for the country and the world,” Hangula said.
Hangula said that Medipark as a private hospital is equipped with specialists many of which have rare skills that young Namibians can benefit from.
“Ongwediva Medipark has freely made its specialists available to our students, not only train them in and around their hospital premises, but more importantly, making the same experts available to follow the students into state facilities for practical training,” he said.
On his behalf, Iithete said that the best healthcare facilities are the teaching or academic hospitals. He said their primary objective has always been to complement the existing health facilities in the northern region as a need to elevate the standard of healthcare in the country.
“The healthcare practitioners in the teaching hospitals are in touch with the latest technology and advancement in medicine and healthcare. It is also at these same institutions where large bodies of knowledge in medicine have been attained in form of research. We also want the same for our Medipark and that is why we made our institution available for the training of medical students,” Iithete stated.
He said specialists at Ongwediva Medipark have previously been part of the training facilities or academic institutions from different parts of the world. They have brought a variety of skills and experiences to enhance teaching capacity.
ILENI NANDJATO
Ongwediva Medipark opened its doors for Unam to use their more than 30 specialist doctors in various disciplines to train aspiring medical students.
On Thursday Unam's vice-chancellor Lazarus Hangula and Ongwediva Medipark's managing director Dr Tshali Iithete unveiled the Ongwediva Medipark academic facility accredited by the Health Professional Council of Namibia, and complementing Onadjokwe Lutheran Hospital and Oshakati Intermediate Hospital.
However, the school of medicine appealed to Ongwediva Medipark to extend its gratitude in offering internship training to their dentistry, occupational therapy and physiotherapy students.
“We can now feel the dream of the School of Medicine slowly becoming a reality as Ongwediva Medipark agreed to open its doors to the training of our future doctors. At Unam, we are renewing our dedication to produce the very best of health professionals for the country and the world,” Hangula said.
Hangula said that Medipark as a private hospital is equipped with specialists many of which have rare skills that young Namibians can benefit from.
“Ongwediva Medipark has freely made its specialists available to our students, not only train them in and around their hospital premises, but more importantly, making the same experts available to follow the students into state facilities for practical training,” he said.
On his behalf, Iithete said that the best healthcare facilities are the teaching or academic hospitals. He said their primary objective has always been to complement the existing health facilities in the northern region as a need to elevate the standard of healthcare in the country.
“The healthcare practitioners in the teaching hospitals are in touch with the latest technology and advancement in medicine and healthcare. It is also at these same institutions where large bodies of knowledge in medicine have been attained in form of research. We also want the same for our Medipark and that is why we made our institution available for the training of medical students,” Iithete stated.
He said specialists at Ongwediva Medipark have previously been part of the training facilities or academic institutions from different parts of the world. They have brought a variety of skills and experiences to enhance teaching capacity.
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