Kinshasa, December 16th, 2025 (CPA). Eight hundred and fifty-five (855) new doctors took the Hippocratic Oath on Tuesday during a solemn ceremony held in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These new doctors are now registered with the Medical Association (TOM). Following the ceremony, they were each assigned a registration number and are now officially available for employment throughout the country to carry out their work, which is to care for the sick, » has declared Dr Berthier Nsadi, President of the National Council of the Medical Association (CNOM).
« Dear new doctors, the swearing-in ceremony was free and ceremonial. (…) This oath must be reread daily because it summarises the essence of your life, that is to say, the code of ethics: how to behave, know the prerequisites for treating patients, respect professional confidentiality and have good relationships with other health professionals, » Dr Berthier Nsadi has told his new colleagues. On his part, Dr Elvis Bula, President of the Urban Council of the Order of Doctors (CUOM), has reminded the candidates that the medical profession in DRC is governed by fundamental texts, in particular the ordinance creating the Order of Doctors and the ordinance establishing the Code of Medical Ethics.
This code, he has insisted, ‘commits you to fundamental duties, respect for professional secrecy, collegiality, independence of judgement and the primacy of the patient’s interests. We call on you today to contribute and pay your monthly CNOM membership fees’. ‘In this digital age, where information circulates at high speed, I remind you of your responsibility to respect confidentiality, prudence in the processing and dissemination of medical data, and ethics in the use of social networks,’ he has continued.
The newly sworn-in doctors, in their turn, have acknowledged that this oath is not only a duty and a right, but also a solemn commitment made in all conscience, obliging them to comply with the rules of ethics and professional conduct that govern the practice of medicine in DRC. These young graduates, after extensive training in the medical faculties of various universities in DRC and after passing an assessment test, were received by the National Council of the Medical Association (CNOM) in order to comply with the customs and practices of the medical profession and the provisions of the law that created and organised this organisation in DRC. CPA/