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National Assembly: MPs Question Healthcare Delivery In Hospitals

The Ministers of Public Health and Communication appeared before the House during a plenary sitting chaired by Speaker Cavaye Yeguie Djibril on April 1, 2016.

Social media images of the “horrifying operation” on the remains of pregnant 32-year old woman, Monique Koumateke, by a relative at the Douala Laquintinie Hospital on March 12, 2016, replayed in the minds of Members of Parliament as the Minister of Public Health, André Mama Fouda admitted shortcomings in the hospital’s reception, security and orientation that day, but disclosed that corrective measures were underway.

During the plenary sitting for questions from MPs to ministers on April 1, 2016, Minister Mama Fouda had come under crossfire of questions from Hon. Datouo Theodore and Hon. Cyprian Awudu Mbaya, who were worried about safety in hospitals and the cause of Monique Koumateke’s death. Reading from a report by an independent inquiry set up by the Cameroon Medical Council, Andre Mama Fouda revisited the evasive compliance of the deceased to antenatal care in a private clinic and an ensuing complicated Eclampsia at home which led to her demise. This was established five hours before her remains arrived at the Laquintinie Hospital for the mortuary.

A question on when the English edition of the national daily newspaper, Cameroon Tribune, will return to newsstands was asked by Hon. Awudu Mbaya. Using several issues of the daily as evidence, Hon. Mbaya questioned why all major headlines were in French. “Depriving a people of information is a crime against humanity,” he declared. In his response, Communication Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary first historically situated the genesis of the English and French versions of Cameroon Tribune and explained that the economic crisis of the 80s, the 1994 devaluation CFA Franc and the ensuing corporate restructuring were behind the decision by its publisher, Cameroon News and Publishing Corporation (SOPECAM) in 1995, to produce only one bilingual edition.

He further stated that although the economic situation has improved with Cameroon Tribune regaining its aura as a reference news source in Africa, the newspaper sector has evolved and now marked by a competitive environment, the rapid development of Information and Communication Technologies and the Internet, making it difficult for newspapers to exist. “It is necessary to grant subsidy to ensure the profitability of a bilingual daily and seek resources to ensure its sustenance,” he concluded to end the session presided over by House Speaker, Cavaye Yeguie Djibril.

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