Swiss Clinic Secures Partnership for Medical Evacuations

Patients with severe cardiovascular diseases, those needing neurological surgery and nuclear examination will be taken care of in Paris. Patients with specific medical emergencies are said to be rising exponentially, thereby signalling the need for more national spending on medical equipment. As a result, government sometimes resorts to or facilitates evacuations to developed countries to save lives.

People suffering with severe cardiovascular diseases and neurological diseases, amongst others that need surgery as well as those in need of nuclear exams that could not be done locally were referred to health establishments in other countries. A partnership convention for medical assistance was on Thursday, September 14, in Bonanjo reached between the Swiss Clinic in Douala and the American Hospital of Paris, to obtain facilities in management of patients.

Dr. Blaise Timnou signed in his capacity as General Manager for Swiss Clinic while Yves Pinot, Assistant General Manager of the American Hospital of Paris, signed for his structure during a ceremony presided over by Governor Joseph Beti Assomo of the Littoral Region. Also present were the President of the Association of Customs Officers and Inspectors of Cameroon, Marcel Essi Mba'ale, the President of the National Order of Medical Doctors, Guy Sandjon, as well as the Government Delegate to the Douala Urban Council, Dr. Fritz Ntone Ntone, among others.

According to terms of the partnership convention, specifically, Swiss Clinic will, on behalf of its patients, make quick appointments with physicians of the American Hospital of Paris and obtain within the shortest time frame the estimated cost of treatment. It specifically offers reduction in health care cost related to hospitalisation, exploration and doctor's fee. The presence of the Governor showed government's determination to encourage the private sector in the promotion of the health of its public.