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Cameroon’s superhero surgeon
Commonwealth Point of Light 78. Georges Bwelle
Dr. Georges Bwelle, representing Cameroon, has spent the last decade providing free medical care to over 330 rural communities by running mobile health clinics at weekends, alongside his day job as a surgeon in Yaounde’s Central Hospital.
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After spending years travelling with his ill father to poorly equipped hospitals and clinics, he was determined to do improve the quality of care available to others. So he trained as a doctor himself and founded the non-profit ‘ASCOVIME’.
Almost every Friday, Dr Bwelle and up to 30 volunteers get into vans, tie medical supplies to the roofs and travel across rough terrain to visit villages in need – sometimes having to push their vehicles through rivers and mud to get there.
The mobile field clinic they set up includes an operating room and pharmacy and his team provide free consultations, dental care, medication, and operations, treating conditions from mala