ISTM, Nkolondom graduates first batch of medics

The laureates from this private Institute received their scrolls Wednesday in Yaounde. The Congress hall in Yaoundé was transformed into a hospital institution Wednesday on the occasion of the release of the first batch of medical doctors and Masters II in clinical biology from the higher Institute of medical technology of Nkolondom (ISTM) in Yaoundé.

Thus, 53 physicians and nine masters II students took the Hippocratic Oath before witnesses. During this ceremony presided over by the Minister of higher education, Chancellor of academic orders, Jacques Fame Ndongo, accompanied by his colleague of public health André Mama Fouda, the various speakers invited recipients to put into practice their know-how in medical practice.

"Medical health should be a concern and not a wallet. Do not be indifferent to the suffering of your patients", Dr. Atangana Bidjogo, Secretary General of the order of doctors of Cameroon told the graduands.

During this ceremony, the Pr Jacques Fame Ndongo welcomed the public-private partnership that maximizes nurseries in health personnel. "I am pleased to say, here, high and strong that under the assumption of its clinical and scientific paradigms, the two private institutes chartered universities (Bangangté and Nkolondom) are now at the same academic level as the four faculties of State (Bamenda, Buea, Douala, Yaoundé I), he said.

He made two strong announcements: the holding this year of the national examination in medical education in Cameroon in two modules (public and private) and the integration into the public service competition now open to all recipients without distinction.