The reality about most African public hospitals

Here is an example a toilet in an African public hospital

Dear friends, good morning to you all, today it is healthcare system the topic.I am writing this post in response to the African system where by whenever there is an issue or scandal with public hospitals, the easiest thing to do is to replace the director of the hospital rather than solving critically rooted problems created by the system put in place as a result of their bad governance. Therefore I am inspired writing it, as I have travelled to many places in Africa, and if you have too, you will have definitely encountered a hospital visit or two.

Having  lived in Africa and been a patient at both public and private hospitals, gave me a pretty good understanding of some of the practices and problems these hospitals face on a daily basis. And I have realised just how much is lacking in terms of facilities, medical equipment, education, organisation and professionalism within these hospitals. Personally I have witnessed varying degrees of uncleanness, patient confidentiality, sympathy and basic care with myself and or family members.

It is true I may not have a profound and elaborated education in the medical field, but as an English educated woman I feel there are basic things screaming out to me as I delve further into the Cameroon case study medical world . It is very easy to point fingers and blame the staff running these hospitals, but it goes way further right back to the government and its ability to educate and provide for these hospitals.

Everyone may  perceives Cameroon as an African country of success stability which in part it is; there are religious groups living side by side in an acceptable harmony, it is mostly a stable country politically if I am allowed to say that despite one president ruling for more than 30 years. And as compared to other African nations it has a reasonable economy with the middle class growing at a stable rate with more and more disposable income. However the part of Cameroon the world loves and knows only represent the tip of an iceberg of its reality.

Laquintinie Hospital of Douala has a new director after the scandal

Laquintinie Hospital of Douala has a new director after the scandal. I am sorry but how is this suppose to change anything.  We need change in health care procedures certainly not people paying innocently for a crime commited by the system. Please Cameroon authorities stop misleading the world..!!!

The former director of Laquintinie hospital was  replaced this Tuesday, April 12, by Professor Louis Richard Njock, previously director of the Regional Hospital Annex Edea.

Laquintinie Hospital of Douala has a new director. Prof. Louis Richard Njock appointed to the post by decree of the Prime Minister, Head of Government, signed Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Previously Director of the Regional Hospital Annex Edea in the Littoral, he takes over from Dr. Jean II Dissongo who had spent four years between (April 2012 - April 2016).

Prof. Louis Richard Njock thus arrives at the head of this structure when the Cameroonian hospital environment is shaken by scandals and evils which led the MOH to take a number of measures for the management of patients in health facilities.

The fight is on between two Cameroonian artists Richard Bona and Mbella

I genuinely believe Cameroonians have lost it+. Richard Bona is cameroonian by birth and has now gained an american citizenship whereas Mbella is Cameroonian by birth and nationality. To me honestly I think in the future this whole thing of dual nationality will be use as a weapon by some dictators and their followers in building resistance to democratic changes. Because if not what the hell is this head on combat all about? Simple jealousy? Or may be because  this is the first time anyone is truely standing up to an expired regime and sticking to the values they have acquired during their stay in a democratic world; which is of course proper democracy. ..! Should people now stop acquiring other nationality if they really wish one day to return home and contribute to the betterment of the country??? Let's not forget Ndedi Eyango suffered the same faith at the ministry of culture...I think this issue should be a fruit for thought for us all.

Well whether it’s on the double issue of dual nationality or the debate on political change in Cameroon, the author of the correspondence below says Richard Bona is an American who should shut up. Please read the whole correspondence saga and let me know what you really think...

Somali journalist Hassan Hanafi executed for supporting al Shabaab

Add Hassan Hanafi, a former media officer for the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab, stands tied to a pole before his execution by shooting at close range on a field in General Kahiye Police Academy in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, April 11, 2016. Photo(c)REUTERS

A Somali journalist who helped al Shabaab kill five fellow reporters has been executed by firing squad.

Hassan Hanafi, once a respected broadcaster, was sentenced to death last month by a military court in the capital, Mogadishu.

He assisted the militant group by identifying possible targets among journalists between 2007 and 2011.

mysterious disease claims more than 23 infants lives in Kenya

According to News24, A mysterious disease has claimed lives of at least 23 infants in Kenya's Nakuru and Baringo counties in the past four weeks.

Boko Haram is asking for a ransom for the release of the 219 girl kidnapped several months ago

Boko Haram is now seeking a ransom of nearly $56 million (about R842 million) for the release of the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped from the Nigerian town of Chibok two years ago, sources close to the group have said.

Educational: Uniqueness in Blogging: uniqueness amount Cameroonian bloggers

Dear friends and fellow bloggers I must express my joy for the proliferation of Cameroon blogs and bloggers. I remember when I started this adventure in 2009 I could bearly post my articles on my personal facebook page. I rather at the time stick to my server comunity which was wordpress and Google Blogger. Infact as a Cameroonian I was ashamed of calling myself a blogger among ourself; but this wasn't the case when in the midst of Western friends and those from Asia; I felt they were the only one who understood this culture. But then one day I got encouragely kicked in the butt when an african blogger made it to Forbes #lindaijekiblog and one other from South Africa (which was obvious). However I still felt a stranger; but today I say it no more; as I am amoung many of "my own". Monetising for your blog and eventually maybe making it to Forbes shouldn't the fundermental reason; but rather passion should be...!

Meet the Ghanaian pastor driving Africa’s car industry

I cannot start this article without quoting Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah´s famous words: ´The black man is capable (of managing his own affairs),´´ and there is absolute truth in the cliché: ´´Wonders shall never end.´´ Growing up as a little Ghanaian boy, I always learnt in school about some of the world´s greatest inventors who were mostly whites. This undoubtedly contributed to our westernised indoctrination, because it implied that the whites are super-humans. And the black man was always associated with the ills of society in a mischievous manner.

 

Ghanaian pastor – Apostle Kwadwo Safo

Why is the African the only person on earth who apparently cannot (or does not) make a car from scratch – from foundation to finishing – except for assembling parts manufactured by others or repairing cars made by other people? On the roads of Africa, one finds every car of every make – from Germany, Japan, USA, France, UK, Sweden, Italy, South Korea, Malaysia, China, etc – except a car made in Africa by an African! Does it say something about the African’s mechanical and technological prowess?

Kenya and Tanzania embroiled in a trade feud. Certainly not the first time...

State House Spokesman Manoah Esipisu told reporters in Nairobi that Tanzania was isolated deliberately because it had nothing to do with the issues on the agenda.

"Monday meeting was bilateral. As you know we had also invited oil companies but they did not take part in the meeting," he told journalists.

The two countries agreed to meet again in two weeks after Energy ministry officials from Nairobi and Kampala had finished assessing the viability of various pipeline routes.

Asked to comment on the status of relations between Kenya and Tanzania, Mr Esipisu said the relations were "good, never been better."

17 Activists jailed for Anti-Govt Rebellion

An Angolan court has sentenced 17 youth activists, including a prominent rapper, to between two and eight years in jail for rebelling against the government of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.

The sentence was handed down on Monday at the end of a lengthy trial in the capital Luanda that the Angolan opposition has said proves the existence of ingrained political repression.

The activists were arrested in June and have always denied the charges against them.

Rapper Luaty Beirao, who went on hunger strike for over a month last year to protest his detention, was given a five-and-a-half year sentence for "rebellion against the president of the republic, criminal association and falsifying documents".