Cameroonian and French doctors form a bond

Cameroonian and French doctors have formed a bond to assist people in rural areas to have easy access to medical care.

Dr. Georges Bwelle is in Cameroon to help the less priviledged while Dr. Jeremy Rouet from Paris gathers necessary materials and volunteers to support the action.

The story of Ascovime, by a Cameroonian visceral surgeon, Georges Bwelle was "manifest by the death of his father, who had not had access to the necessary care during a long illness," said Marion Breysse. Bwelle, who is a young leader of a project at SFR is a friend of Jeremy Rouet, a French doctor who he came across during an internal internship at the Yaoundé Central Hospital.

An immediate impact on the lives of people

Georges Bwelle was noticed by the American CNN news channel, for his action."Jeremy saw the incredible level of commitment of the Cameroonian team in the Georges Bwelle’s project. Since 2003, twenty health professionals spent their weekends in rural areas to check and take care of people who did not have access to care," said Marion Breysse.

Back in France, in 2008, Jeremy Rouet organized a two to three weeks mission trip for medical students to support the Ascovime team in Cameroon. "There is a real dynamism around Georges Bwelle. The achievement of the Cameroonian teams has an immediate impact on the lives of remote populations," noted Marion Breysse.

Output of a self-centred life

French students (about thirty) paid for their engagements, but were hosted for free. Ascovime Paris also took the responsibility to raise funds, glasses, medical and school materials to be sent to Yaoundé. They had to forfeit sending medicines because of the difficulties faced with the Cameroon customs.

When I started my professional life, I had the perception of living not only for me. My involvement in Ascovime was a way to continue my interest in others, out of a self-centered life," says Marion Breysse Vice-President of Ascovime Paris, who intends to go on a mission to Cameroon.