Dr Che Kingsley Soh was appointed General Manager of the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital by presidential decree n° 2024/604 of 25 November 2024 and installed on 4 December 2024 by the Minister of Public Health, Dr Manaouda Malachie.

A medical doctor trained at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaoundé I, he also holds a Master’s degree in public health and hospital management from a university in Brussels, Belgium. Before joining YGOPH he served as Regional Delegate of Public Health for the North-West Region from 2017 to 2024, after posts as head of the regional health control brigade and as a district health chief.

During his time in the North-West, he oversaw the installation of eight haemodialysis machines at Bamenda Regional Hospital in 2021. He is a Knight of the Cameroon Order of Merit and received a Best Regional Delegate award at the Cameroon Health Care Awards.

At YGOPH, his priorities are the quality of care, better patient reception, the renovation of the hospital’s buildings, support for indigent patients and the motivation of staff, with the ambition of making the hospital a recognised centre of excellence in gynaecology, obstetrics, paediatrics and oncology.