Shisong General Hospital, Kumbo:

Over 300 patients benefit free Eye Screening & Operation

-This was the fruit of a partnership between the hospital and the Spanish NGO, Vision Sans Frontier

By Njodzefe Nestor in Bamenda

The VSF specialists in action

Some 300 patients suffering from eye related problems in Bui Division of the North West region have been screened and operated upon for free thanks to the partnership between a Spanish NGO, Vision Sans Frontier and the St Elizabeth General Hospital, Shisong.

                The team of five Spanish Doctors made up of two ophthalmologists, one optician and two nurses joined the team from the St Elizabeth General Hospital, Shisong led by DrSiben to carry out the operations from the 9th to the 13th of April 2017.

                According to the Director of the Hospital, Sister KinyuyAldrine Mary Baseka, they engaged in the campaign with the Spanish Non GovernmentalOrganisation given the growing number of people with related diseases and also to boast the activities of the ophthalmology Department of the Hospital.

                She said they nursed the idea of partnership with Vision Sans Frontier late last year after a team of urologist from Spain came visiting adding that the campaign came to fruition thanks to the desire of the Spanish team to bring sight to those that have difficulties affording treatment and to share experience with the ophthalmology department of the St Elizabeth General Hospital.

                On his part, the Director of the Spanish Campaign, DrJaineJavoloy just like the President of the Campaign Dr Isabel Signes at the end of the sensitization and operation said they were happy to have taken part in the adventure. 

                is worth noting that the Saint Elizabeth Catholic General Hospital Shisong, is one the main health facilities in the North West Region of Cameroon under the operation of the Tertiary Sisters of Saint Francis (TSSF) Shisong.

                The hospital was established in 1936 as a Maternity by the first Tertiary Sisters of Saint Francis from from South Tyrol, Brixen (Italy), in response to infant and maternal mortality at birth that were so common at the time.

                The Sisters were more sensitive to maternity services. The first maternity of Shisong Hospital was a thatched building while cartoons were used for babies’ cots. Over the years, the hospital has undergone some modifications to become a dependable, 24 hours health service delivery point for clients within the North West Region and beyond and its services have become diverse and more specialized.

                The Catholic General Hospital has continued to improve its services by the addition of another new department, namely, the Cardiac Centre. The Cardiac Centre, which is the first such institution not only in Cameroon but also in this sub-region of Africa.

                It is equipped with ultra modern technologies and prepared to offer a wide range of cardiology services including diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology