Dr Bassong Pierre Yves : Audacity Of An Aspiring Youngster

Dr Bassong Pierre Yves is the youngest medical doctor vying for the post of President of the Cameroon Medical Council (CMC). The daring young doctor is a neurologist and a lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Bamenda. He is also co-founding member and former president (pioneer) of the Cameroon Doctors Trade Union Association (SYMEC/SCMD). His professional career has taken him to the Yaounde Central Hospital, Fann University Hospital (Dakar/Senegal), University of Franche Comté Besançon and University of Paris 7. 
Dr Bassong says the country’s health system is at the dawn of a new page in its history with the effective establishment of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC). He is out to respond adequately to the requirements not only of the UHC, but also, to the many scourges that can...