Lake Nyos disaster survivors who resettled in Upkwa locality since the incident occurred in 1986 now have a new health center. The survivors of the disaster of Lake Nyos in the Northwest region had to travel several kilometers to receive medical care in Wum the capital of Mentchum Division. This challenge has now been resolved with the establishment of a new hospital dedicated to them.
With a total cost of 9 million CFA francs, the health center of the survivors is a facility instituted by the current mayor of Wum, Antony Dingabong in collaboration with the Northwest rural development program.
Built on the ashes of a dilapidated health center, the fully equipped building include housing for nurses. The center will work with newly recruited staff, including two nurses and a laboratory technician.
The equipment ordered for the furnishing of the center arrived Wednesday, March 18, 2015. The package included a refrigerator, generator, beds and benches.
Present at the inauguration of the health center ceremony on Thursday, March 26, 2015 was the head of Wum Health District, Dr. Kingsley Ombaku and Coordinator of Northwest Rural Development Programme, Alphonse Marie Takougué advised officials and residents of Upkwa that the facility has now been entrusted to them and thus they must utilise it well.
Without access to electricity, Mayor Antony Dingabong is committed to expanding electricity to the area in the coming months.
