Kinshasa, December 23rd, 2025 (CPA). – The surgeons from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been gathered on Monday for a face-to-face meeting and a webinar for those in the provinces to discuss the re-launching of the Congolese Society of Surgery (SCC) by June 2026 in Kinshasa, CPA has learned from the organisers.
« The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), the surgeons from the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the support of the international organisation Operation Smile DRC, are meeting today to discuss the re-launching of the Congolese Society of Surgery by June next year, » has declared Professor Ntsambi Glenio, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at UNIKIN. This highly important meeting has brought together the specialists from the capital and the provinces, connected by videoconference, to lay the foundations for the reorganisation of the Congolese Society of Surgery (SCC). The aim of this exchange is to bring practitioners together to better regulate a sector that is as vital as it is sensitive, and to establish a regulatory framework for best practice, he has continued.
For his part, the president of the National Council of the Order of Physicians (CNOM), Dr Nsadi Fwene, has indicated that the SCC’s mission will be to ensure the implementation of rigorous national and international standards while guaranteeing the safety of procedures and the continuing education of doctors. This legal structure, which is scheduled to be officially launched next June, aims to bring Congolese surgery up to global standards. The event was ended with the presentation of a certificate of merit to the president of the CNOM for his dedication to the management of the CNOM and his collaboration with Operation Smile.
The country director of Smile DRC, Alex Cinamula, has reaffirmed his role as a leading partner. Recognised for its global expertise in the treatment of cleft lip and palate, Operation Smile DRC has already transformed thousands of lives across the country through free surgical campaigns, local capacity building through the training of Congolese surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses, and the provision of state-of-the-art medical equipment to the partnering hospitals’ structures. CPA/