Basic Ambulance Assistant Certificate Awarding Ceremony

Thursday, June 23, 2022 - 11:30

The Institute of Development Management successfully organized a certificate awarding ceremony for their Basic Ambulance Assistant Course trainees from the Eswatini Umbutfo Defence Force. The event was held at the IDM Sports Auditorium on the 17th of June 2022 and was graced by senior officials from Emergency Care and IDM’s Regional Director Mr. Samkelo Lushaba. 
IDM’s Country Director Dr. Ndiphethe Mabila welcomed the guest speaker from the Ministry of Health Sister Carol Ngwenya, Senior officials from the Eswatini Umbutfo Defence Force and all distinguished guests.  He mentioned that IDM was formed in 1974 to upskill everyone in the country in terms of management and other relevant skills and encouraged the graduands to come to IDM to gain more skills as the sky is the limit. 
The guest speaker also had a chance to deliver her speech and she revealed how happy she was with the efforts IDM came with to provide such a training, as the country is currently facing a lot of emergencies that require such special skills. 
Ms Magaret Bhembe, discipline coordinator of the Public Health Management department congratulated the graduands before proceeding to  the awarding of Certificates to the graduands. Gcina R Dlamini who works for the Ministry of Health, under the division of Emergency Medical Service, led the graduands in reciting the pledge of paramedics for emergency care which is recited with a lit candle symbolizing the start of their professional journey.