ADDIS ABABA- Ethiopia has finalized preparations to host the 23rdAfrican surgeons’ annual general meeting and scientific conference, announced ALERT Specialized Comprehensive Hospital.
In a presser, Hospital Chief Executive Manager Shimelis Gezahegn (MD) said that preparations have been finalized to host the 23rd College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Scientific Conference.
The event incorporated certificates of competency examination and graduation for surgeons to get a license that allows them to work within 14 countries, he indicated.
According to Shimelis, some 170 surgeons drawn from 14 African countries came to Ethiopia to sit for the exam that would be given on December 4 and 5.
Meanwhile, some 324 examiners came from different continents are assigned to certify the surgeons, he said, adding that 80% of the exams including General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery would be given at Alert hospital.
He believed that the arrangement of such events in the country helps to create institutional linkage, promote medical tourism and excellence among others. In Ethiopia, there are over 100 certified and internationally licensed experts to work within 14 countries, said Yigeremu Kebede (MD), a Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Expert at the Hospital.
Certifying and licensing with this certificate would give great opportunities and benefits for experts as well as the country, he stated. The AGM and Scientific Conference incorporating the COSECSA Examination and Graduation is organized by ALERT Specialized Comprehensive Hospital in partnership with the Surgical Society of Ethiopia.
COSECSA is a surgical training college for Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Sudan, South Sudan, Zimbabwe and others, it was learnt.
BY TSEAGYE TILAHUN
The Ethiopian Herald December 3/2023
