Seven New Screeners Complete Training to support their Doctors
Seven new screeners of the CBC Health Services who completed a close to 7 months training course have been charged by the Director of the CBC Health Services to “Go and deliver quality health care to all who need it with love as they are the beacon of light”.
Prof. Tih Pius Muffih was speaking during the end-of-course ceremony at the Nkwen Baptist Hospital Chapel Hall in Bamenda on September 23, 2023. The Director saluted and appreciated the trainees for devoting themselves fully to the training by reading and burning the midnight oil to be able to score the minimum of 70% which was expected of them throughout the course to have merited graduation.
Prof. Tih, in his charge, recounted the history of the screeners’ program, which started sometime in 1986 in Mbingo Baptist Hospital using low-standard notes for the first trainees. At the time, there were just four medical Doctors, two in Mbingo and two in Banso and it was not possible to have all of them go out for outreach and come back and work in the hospital. There was, therefore, the need for the screeners to extend the Doctors’ staffing and it worked so well.
The DHS continued that Dr. Julie Stone developed a set of notes for the training when she took over and then mentored Mr. Yosimbi Promise and Mr. Takwe Boniface to do it at our level and they have done a good number of trainings. He noted that many people think that nationals can not do it as much as missionaries can do but then he said “Yes we can do it and do it even better…..we are training people of quality. We are training the screeners that are the best. Standards were set, they have been respected, and there were no favours,” the DHS reiterated.
The DHS was accompanied powerfully during the ceremony by the Deputy Director for Administration and Finance, Mr. Warri Denis, the Personnel Manager, Mr. Ndosak George, the Nkwen Baptist Hospital Administrator, Mr. Kangong Joce, and a host of other dignitaries to give the event the grandeur it deserved.
Presenting the candidates to the audience, the Course Coordinator, Mr. Takwe Boniface appreciated the lecturers, both visiting and those on the ground as well as various department heads and nursing staff for building up the Screeners who all started on March 2, 2023, and are receiving their Certificates this September 2023. He christened the class, “The Beacon of Hope Batch” while emphasizing that the screeners wrote four major cumulative exams. The course included classroom work as well as physical examination and management of common diseases.
The graduating screeners via their class coordinator, Mr. Monju Mark rendered special thanks to the CBC Health Services Central Administration for the material and financial support and for creating an enabling environment for them to enjoy their training. He equally thanked the Nkwen Baptist Hospital administration/staff who assisted in ensuring that they got the best studies and practical experience. They duffed their hats to their lecturers who devoted their time, family comfort, and personal activities to impact them with knowledge, especially Mr. Tekwe Boniface and Mr. Yosimbi Promise, permanent tutors who worked tirelessly. It was their hope and promise to uphold the standard of care offered by the CBC Health Services.