Cameroon: Gov’t signs contract to reconstruct burnt Kumba hospital

Part of Kumba District Hospital reduced to ashes

Cameroon: Gov’t signs contract to reconstruct burnt Kumba hospital

Published on 04.10.2019

The government of Cameroon ha signed a contract worth 650 million FCFA to reconstruct part of the Kumba district hospital that went up in flames months ago. The Minister of Public Health Dr. Manaouda Malachie made the announcement via his twitter account on Thursday stating the part that had been…

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