They graduated from St. Veronica's Medical Complex recently to boost services in health institutions.
Improved quality services, a culture of sacrifice, discipline and humility were re-echoed on Friday, 15 November 2013, when hundreds turned out for the graduation ceremony of 300 fresh nurses from The St. Veronica's Medical Complex in Buea.
For Dr Mbome Njie Victor, South West Regional Delegate of Public Health, much is expected from the graduating nurses who must represent their health institution by over-coming challenges and respect the norms of the profession. He termed nursing as a noble, honorable profession where sacrifice is one of the norms awaiting the nurses who must be ready to work in remote areas.
On behalf of the graduates, the best graduating student Sunjo Cyril Berka, poured praises on the administration and lecturers of The St. Veronica's Complex for providing an enabling environment conducive for studies. The same message was re-iterated by the representative of the ex-students who urged the graduating students to be innovative, creative and be quality nurses at the service of the population.
The challenges that the health sector in Cameroon is facing were highlighted by the South West Regional Delegate of Employment and Vocational Training, Igondoh John Atosoh, who praised the school for the quality training of nurses who will be either employed or be self-employed to over-come ''the canker-worm called unemployment.'' The Delegate recalled that the occasion was not only for merriment but time for stocktaking and fine-tuning strategies to serve mankind.
The Hippocratic Oath by the graduating nurses served as a strong solemn promise to serve the community with humility. And a strong promise was also made by the school's Administrator, Mrs Francisca Biaka, to watch the development of all graduating nurses with keen interest. She expressed profound gratitude to the Ministry of Public Health, the University of Buea, GIZ and other stakeholders for their countless assistance to the health institution.
