Fame Ndongo expels four orthopedic surgeons
for indiscipline
The four student doctors on specialization
have not only petitioned the Prime Minister, they have also dragged Prof. Fame
Ndongo to the administrative court for abuse of authority and wrongful
dismissal.
By Mercy Neba in Yaounde
Prof. Fame Ndongo |
Four medical doctors specializing in
orthopedic surgery and traumatic medicine at the University of Yaounde I have
been dismissed from the school and barred from studying in any medical school
in Cameroon for a period of two years. The students in their third and fourth
years of specialization were charged with indiscipline and refusal to respect
the texts regulating medical studies in Cameroon.
The
four victims of Prof. Fame Ndongo’s uncompromising pen include Doctors Nyekel
Raphaela, Nana Theophile, Tsanga Bessala Cyprien and Bengono Obi Jean Luc.
Two
of the dismissed doctors on specialization - Nyekel Raphaela and Nana Theophile
are senior officers (Majors) in the Cameroon army. The two soldiers were in
their third year of specialization and were expected to graduate next academic
year.
Two
other orthopedic surgery and traumatology residents were also slammed serious
warnings for the same reasons, The Median can confirm.
Prof.
Jacques Fame Ndongo signed the decision dismissing the four students on 10 May
2016. In the release announcing the sanctions Fame Ndongo said the students
were expelled upon the proposal of the Rector of the University of Yaounde I,
Prof. Maurice Sosso.
The
four dismissed students and the two that recieved warnings, were sanctioned
after they faced the discipline committee of the University to answer charges
of indiscipline and disrespect for instructions of the school hierarchy.
However,
all the students have denied the charges brought against them. They told The Median
that the cause of their dismissal is far-fetched and more complex than what the
MINESUP pointed out in his decision.
“We
are collateral victims of an on-going war of ego among senior lecturers of the
Faculty of Medicine of the UNI-YAO I,” said one of the dismissed students whose
identity we cannot reveal here.
The
Median gathered for instance that the head of the department of orthopedic
surgery and traumatic medicine, Prof. Bayebeck and the Rector of the UNI-Yao 1,
Prof. Maurice Sosso, (a prof. of surgery), have not been in talking terms, ever
since the former dragged the latter to court for allegedly misappropriating his
academic work. Prof. Bayebeck is a former student and protégé of Prof. Maurice
Sosso, we learnt.
But
it emerged that ever since Prof. Bayebeck became a full professor and decided
to fly by his own wings, he has fallen out of favour with his erstwhile
“parrain”, Prof. Maurice Sosso. Because of Prof. Bayebeck’s volte-face, his
former mentor, Prof. Maurice Sosso who
rose to the position of rector of the Uni-Yao I, has made sure Bayebeck knows
no peace; The rector tends to block every initiative by Prof. Bayebeck.
The
Median gathered that the rector had on one occasion promised to close the
orthopedic surgery department of the faculty of medicine, on grounds that the
head of department, Prof. Bayebek is heady, unruly and unwilling to submit
himself to his authority.
With
these personality conflicts on campus therefore, the students say
their specialization studies have been anything but smooth and
harmonious. It is for this
and other reasons that the students have not only petitioned the PM but have
also dragged Fame Ndongo and the Rector of the UNI-Yao I to court for abuse of
authority and wrongful dismissal.
At
the time of going to press on Saturday, we could not get the MINESUP or the
Rector to comment.
Also,
some of the students we contacted, refused to talk to us for fear that they run
the risk of being frustrated the more by the cabal of lecturers who have teamed
up against Prof. Bayebeck.
The
Median gathered that barring pressure from above, Prof. Bayebeck who is of
Bassa extraction, has refused to militate in the ruling CPDM party, He rather militates in the opposition UPC
party, where he is the SG of one of the party’s factions.
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