By Chris Mbunwe
Northwest Governor, Koumpa Issa, has described healthcare services delivered to the Bamenda population by the St.Louis Higher Institute of Health and Biomedical Sciences as the best.
Presiding at the third convocation, matriculation and graduation ceremonies at the campus of the Institution at Mile 3, Nkwen, on Saturday, December 2, Governor Koumpa called on the students to uphold the ethics of the profession and, above all, be disciplined and assiduous.
Governor Koumpa revealed that when he was transferred to Bamenda he fell ill and it was St. Louis Clinic that came to his rescue. Months later, he continued, the Chief Executive Officer of St Louis Group Incorporated, Dr.Nick Ngwanyam, "told me of creating a school of Biomedical Sciences to train young Cameroonians in the field of nursing.
Since then, I have been encouraging him to go ahead and we are seeing the fruits of his hard work today." The activities and services offered by the St Louis Clinic and the Higher School of Nursing, according to Governor Koumpa, fall in line with government's participatory health policy.
He said the government would always support any good initiative, especially that which goes to improve on the health and living standards of the population.
On his part, the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of St. Louis Group Inc., Dr. Nick Ngwayam, thanked the Fons of Nkwen and Mendakwe for the gifts of 50,000 square metres of land up at the Station Hill where the new school shall be built.
When completed, it will contain a lecture hall to hold over 1000 students, a befitting administrative block, a school shopping centre and a school restaurant. Ngwayam said the complex will have 20 lecture halls and laboratories with capacities for 60-80 students.
With 500 residential rooms to host two students per room, Ngwayam said out-door games like courts for lawn tennis, volley ball and hand ball will not be left out.
Professor Ajaga Nji, Vice Rector of the University of Dschang, presented an academic discourse on "Transfer of Skills and the Fight Against Poverty."

These are the kinds of ventures that deserve our support. The St. Louis clinic did have a website but due to non updating, one can not get in touch with them to offer assistance. Can the authorities get that website up and running?
Posted by: Che Sunday | Thursday, 07 December 2006 at 11:32 PM