“We have carried out 300
successful surgical operations in two years”
Dr Mbah Richard,
Director.
Dr. Mbah Richard is a 53 year old Cameroonian
Medical Doctor who was trained in the Cameroonian Medical School referred to at
the time as CUSS (University Center for Health Sciences) in Yaounde. He worked
with the Cameroon Ministry of Public Health for twenty years in a series of
Public Hospitals before retiring from the Public Sector. He was subsequently
employed as Deputy Medical Coordinator for Medecins
Sans Frontier Cameroon where he worked for a year. When he quit his
employers, Dr. Mbah threw his efforts behind the Care Center Clinic in
Bambalang in the Ngoketunja Division. According to the medical personality, his
present efforts are now focused on providing quality Health Services to the
community where he hails from and to Cameroonians at large. He was interviewed
by F. Ekongang Nzante Lenjo. He begins with services provided at Care Center
Clinic.
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| Doctor Mbah Richard |
“The hospital is situated in Bambalang, one of
the villages around Ndop, Capital of Ngoketunja Division. It started
functioning in July 2015. The services that we offer to the populations range
from Mother and Child Care where Preventive Vaccinations and deliveries are
offered. We also have Medical and Paramedical Services like surgery. For these
two years we have carried out 300 successful operations at Care Center Clinic.
We equally have a very good laboratory where we carry out blood transfusions
also. We have the Ultra Sound or Imagery Department. Now, we are mainly
operating with Ultra Sound normally called Ecography.
We also have the Dental Department including other basic health services like
internal Medicine, Pediatric services, gynecology, and obstetrics amongst
others.
Care Center Clinic is
certainly one of the high points on the health service landscape in Ngoketunja
Division. How do patients get here?
It depends on where you are. If you are in
Bamenda you simply need to take car and to Ndop but just before Ndop you stop
at a popular place called Bamali Junction. From here you can use all the available
means of transport at the junction to get to the Bambalang Care Center Clinic. If
you are from Kumbo or from Bui or anywhere beyond that, you simply shuttle to
Ndop and a little bit after Ndop you stop at Bamale Junction and get to
Bambalang Care Center Clinic from there. There is equally another road to the Bambalang
Care Clinic from Ndop which cuts through the rice farms depending on whether
this earth road is dry or wet.
How convenient is
Bambalang for a sick person seeking comfort and quality treatment?
Bambalang has a very conducive climate because
of its moderate nature. It’s neither too hot nor too cold and provides the best
sort of climate for patients. You have very good and modern buildings all
around and even lodging facilities in the form of inns. The Care center has a
good number of beds for patients in the wards which are spacious and lodging in
Bambalang is not a problem for visitors. Bambalang has a temperate climate. We
strive to give holistic care to those who seek our services. We provide care
for the body, spirit and soul. That’s why there is the spiritual component whereby
we have morning devotions. If you have faith then you
will be healed. We are however still looking forward to adding services that
are not yet in place like in the Emergency Department. We are working towards
having a medicalised ambulance which will be the ideal way to take
care of emergency issues. However, our roads are not bad and when emergency
cases occur we can give advice on what has to be done on the spot before the
patient is transported to our outfit.
You certainly want to
reach out to stakeholders in the sector and maybe put across a message on how
to encourage practices that can provide a much more hopeful future?
I want to give my assurance with regards to the
genuine quality of our drugs here. We have suppliers recognised by the Cameroon
Ministry of Public Health and so there is that guarantee for safety. It is
simply a question of attitude and I call on stakeholders to have the correct
attitude. I have been in practice for 20 years and I think I have the
wherewithal to effectively solve health problems of Cameroonians and to
contribute towards pushing the health sector in Cameroon forward.
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