Nineteen '19' year old woman committed suicide in Lakes State, Rumbek East County

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  The local police of Lakes State confirmed that a 19 year old woman committed suicide in the County of Rumbek East in the village of Meen-Wal and the police withheld the deceased name for unknown reason.  This is not the first time for the young girls to commit suicide in the State, the first case was reported to the authorities  two days ago after a young girl committed suicide in Wulu County.  While speaking to the Media, Police Spokesperson Maj. Elijah Mabor Makwach said that, the police are conducting thorough investigation on why there is a rampant rise of suicide amongst girls in Lakes State.  “We have recorded several cases of suicide with the most recent being a 19-year-old girl who committed a suicide in Meen-wal village in Rumbek East County and the investigation is still ongoing to identify the cause of the suicide because the cases are rising. Last week alone, two suicide cases were reported,” Maj. Mabor said.  Lakes State Police Spokesperson further said that, they have b
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President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, assigned Dr. Mayen Machut Achiek as the new head of the Presidential Medical Unit.

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File: Dr. Mayen Machut Achiek, newly appointed Head of the Presidential Medical Unit. 


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President Salva Kiir Mayardiit today on Friday, removed the head of the Presidential Medical Unit in an order announced on SSBC. 


The work of the Presidential Medical Unit is to, cater for the medical needs of the office of the president staffs. 


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The Presidential Medical Unit, is also mandated to provide medical care and attention to President Kiir. 


The decree, also announced the appointment of the new Presidential Medical Unit head as Dr. Mayen Machut Achiek who replaced Dr. Andrew Akon Akec. 


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Dr. Mayen, served previously as the Undersecretary in the Ministry of Health and now he will be leading in ensuring the president and all the presidential staffs medical needs are taken care of. 


President Kiir, also appointed Dr. Andrew Akon Akec, the former head of Presidential Medical Unit as the technical advisor to the National Health Ministry. 


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Again, President Salva Kiir Mayardiit did not explain as to why he made the changes. 


Most recently, Dr. Mayen has been named to the prestigious position of Minister of Health by the South Sudanese government. 


Dr. Mayen, previously acted as Head of the Department of Surgery & Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Juba. 


Dr. Mayen, has also served as Senior Consultant Surgeon at the Juba Teaching Hospital in South Sudan. In his advisory capacity to GEMS Development Foundation, Dr. Mayen also served as the medical lead, dealing with GEMS programs in the country, particularly with respect to teaching students, as well as working with patients under these programs.


Dr. Mayen also, served as a Senior Fellow in General Laparoscopic & Colorectal Surgery at Kings College Hospital, University of London, UK. He was also a Lecturer in General Surgery and MBBS Examiner in London during that time.


Education for Dr. Mayen includes a BS in Pharmacy, University of Khartoum; MBBS, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, Sudan; FRCS, The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK; Postgraduate Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery, Strassbourg, France; Advanced University Lecturing & Higher Education, University of London. During the 1990’s, Dr. Achiek received additional training at Wrexham Hospital, Wales, UK.

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