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Gabonese cardiologist Pierre André Kombila Koumba made Grand-Croix posthumously

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Prof. Pierre André Kombila Koumba, Gabon's first cardiologist, was posthumously elevated on Thursday to the dignity of Grand-Croix of the Gabonese Order of Merit, at a tribute ceremony in Libreville. Founder of the first cardiology department at the former General Hospital, he died on 15 October aged 85, according to the Ministry of Health cited by the AGP.

Prof. Pierre André Kombila Koumba, Gabon's first cardiologist and the first agrégé professor of cardiology of the African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES) in Gabon, was posthumously elevated on Thursday to the dignity of Grand-Croix of the Gabonese Order of Merit. The distinction, announced by the Ministry of Health, rewards his contribution to national medicine and to the training of several generations of practitioners.

The tribute ceremony brought together the High Representative of the Head of State, Gervais Oniane, the governor of Estuaire province, Marie-Françoise Dikoumba, members of the government and administrative, health and university authorities. The Minister of Health, Prof. Elsa Nkana Joséphine Ayo née Bivigou, president of the Gabonese Society of Cardiology (SOGACŒUR) and a former student of the deceased, paid tribute to her master. "Prof. Pierre André Kombila Koumba is notably behind the creation of the first cardiology department at the former General Hospital of Libreville, today the Libreville University Hospital Centre. Founder and first president of SOGACŒUR, he devoted his career to patient care, teaching and the transmission of medical knowledge," she said.

Gervais Oniane announced during the ceremony that the University of Sciences and Health (USS) will now bear the name of Pierre André and Marie-Yvonne Kombila, in tribute to their contribution. The minister urged the new generation of cardiologists to perpetuate this legacy through training, research and the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

The distinction comes a little more than three weeks after the practitioner's death, aged 85, on 15 October. A former minister, he had trained generations of Gabonese doctors throughout a career devoted to national cardiology.

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