ETHIOPIA: St Luke Catholic College of Nursing Receives Medical Association Merit Award
St. Luke Catholic College of Nursing and Hospital has been awarded the 2019 Ethiopian Medical Association Merit Award. The award was presented on Friday, February 22 by Dr. Amir Aman the Minister of Health to Rev. Fr. Hagos Hayish CM who is Secretary General for Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat and Sr. Clara Rosline the General Manager of St Luke’s Hospital in Addis Ababa during the association’s 55th Annual Medical Conference.
Speaking during the occasion, Fr Hagos explained that the Catholic Church, through her 86 health institutions and rehabilitation centres, provides medical services in accordance to the Lord’s teachings in the Gospel.
He said the Catholic Church is able to provide these services to communities all over the country, thanks to the dedicated services of the Religious men and women who come from different parts of the world.
He expressed the gratitude of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia to all the Religious congregations working in Ethiopia. He also thanked the Ethiopian Medical Association for the recognition, saying that even though the greatest satisfaction comes from seeing the smile of those we serve with God’s blessings, such an initiative is encouraging to all the Religious and staff that are relentlessly working in hospital apostolate.
He also took the opportunity to thank all doctors and medical professionals that provide voluntary medical services in various Catholic health institutions and rehabilitation centres in the country.
Sr. Clara for her part also thanked the staff and partners of St. Luke’s for their unreserved services that have led to this recognition. “This achievement is a result of combined efforts of the Church and her partners; I call on the continued support of all stakeholders so that we can provide even better service to our community,” she said.
St. Luke Catholic College of nursing and Hospital is located in Woliso Town of Oromiya Regional State in the Eparchy of Emdibir. The hospital which has 200 beds serves more than 400 outpatients per day.
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By Makeda Yohannes, ECS Communications Coordinato
