A woman doctor assaulted by the nurses, the government and the National Order of Doctors condemn
Dr. Cécile Koumou was molested by the relatives of a patient while she was trying to save the life of another patient. According to sources close to the hospital Efoulan in the district of Yaounde 3e, the doctor was attacked by four people on the night of November 3 to 4, 2019 while she was trying to save the life of a patient. Her attackers demanded that she take care of their patient who had just arrived in the hospital training. The refusal of the doctor to execute caused the wrath of the latter, who seriously molested. A security guard who tried to defend the doctor was also molested. The Minister of Public Health, in a tweet published on November 4, said he was "shocked when he learned that a health worker was assaulted while he was busy saving a life." Manaouda Malachi later warned, "I firmly condemn this act. I would like to warn its players because we will now lodge a complaint against them ". Same tone at the National Order of Physicians. In a statement issued to that effect, Dr. Guy Sandjo, the president of the Order, "notes with concern, the strong recurrence of acts of aggression on the person of practicing doctors in their places of work ... Such cases will now be subject to relentless repression, "warns the boss of the cooperation of doctors.
