- Director
Out of the about 863 deaths that were registered
in 2017 at the Bamenda Regional Hospital, 25% of them were related to HIV and
AIDS. This declaration was made by Dr. Kingue Thompson Njie, Director of the
Bamenda Regional Hospital on the occasion of the Prize Award Ceremony to meritorious
staff on the 14th of December 2017.
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Governor Adolphe Lele L'Afrique and Dr.Kingue Thompson Njie |
The Regional Hospital Director declared that
during the course of the year the hospital had 59.538 consultations, 13.371
patients admitted and 70.503 hospitalisation days which gave an average of 5
hospitalisation days per patient. Dr. Kingue also stated that an estimated 5%
of the deaths could have been prevented. This category of deaths which he
referred to as “careless deaths” is related to the fact that “many sick people
come very late to the hospital at such a point when the doctors and nurses are
unable to do anything again.” Preventable deaths he said “are found more among
those people who are still unaware of the tremendous treatment opportunities
the government has put at the disposal of all Cameroonians.”
Within the context of HIV care he said medications
were free and that testing is also free for children and pregnant women. “Laboratory
investigations for initiation of HIV therapy and follow up have been subsidized
from a cost of 21.000FCFA to the bare minimum of 2.500 FCFA.”
He took out time to thank all those who had
contributed in any way to improve upon the hospital. Beginning with the Governor
of the North West Region and the Regional Delegate of Public Health for the
North West, Dr Kingue thanked the Attorney General for the North West-Appeal
Court, Professor Kuaban Christopher, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at
the University of Bamenda, the Director of Saint Louis University Institute of
Science and Technology- Dr. Nick Ngwanyam, North West Special Fund for Health
Promotion and CBC Health Services – Professor Tih Pius among many others.
Doctor Kingue said from the chaplaincy of the
hospital Rev. Father Oliver Gam designed the methodology which led to the
identification of the winners that were honoured. The choice of best staff was
guided by criteria such as sense of duty, honesty, competence, punctuality,
work organisation and appearance.
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