The Minister of Health, Dr. Samuel Roger Kamba, has ordered the closure of the AKRAM/Matete hospital center, following the death of a nurse from this medical facility during childbirth.

This nurse, who went by the name of Tshidibi Mulumba Annie, died along with her baby at the AKRAM hospital center of Bongolo-Kimwenza.

Before her death, she went to the center where she worked for her delivery. From there, she was referred to the AKRAM/Matete hospital before being transferred to the Ngaliema Clinic, where she passed away.

Following this, the Minister of Health also made two other decisions: to punish the doctors and nurses of the Ngaliema Clinic who refused to treat the patient Annie Tshidibi Mulumba, and to close the AKRAM/Matete hospital center.

Edith Tamfumu