Universities forge historic partnership
By Estelle Ellis - 09 September 2017
[caption id="attachment_221469" align="aligncenter" width="599"] At the signing of a bilateral agreement between four Eastern Cape universities and the department of health at NMU yesterday were (from back left): Dr Lungile Pepeta and Eastern Cape health MEC Pumza Dyantyi. Pictured front, from left are Dr Thobile Mbengashe, health superintendent-general, Derrick Swartz, vice-chancellor of NMU, and Eunice Seekoe, dean of health science at Fort Hare University
Picture: Werner Hills[/caption]
A historic cooperation agreement to pool resources and organise the training of health professionals in the Eastern Cape was signed by the province’s four universities yesterday.