CNA-Q students helping a COVID-19 patient.
Doha: College of the North Atlantic – Qatar (CNA-Q) Health Sciences students are using the knowledge gained during their studies to help battle coronavirus.
In early April, just as the COVID-19 was on the rise in Qatar, nine CNA-Q Respiratory Therapy (RT) students were approached by Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) to join the frontline and work as full-fledged Respiratory Therapists.
Having been trained alongside the hospital RT’s 35 hours per week since September, the CNA-Q students were not unfamiliar with the clinical environment of HMC.
Senior Advanced Care Paramedicine students Ruqayyah Bilal and Mohamed Ahmed of the CNA-Q Advanced Care Paramedic program have been working with Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service. They have been engaging in direct patient contact during times of high risk due to COVID-19 to care for the sick and injured in Qatar.
“I am excited to join and serve at CNA-Q. Our growing academic programs are highly in demand, well sought out by students and well respected throughout the country and the world. We provide opportunities for students to grow as individuals and become expert and caring healthcare professionals in an environment that is intellectually stimulating, collaborative in learning and purposeful in outcomes,” said the new Dean of Health Sciences, Dr. Jean Moraros.
“Our graduates go on to emerge with newfound knowledge and skills and become lifelong learners and servants to their local communities and the nation of Qatar,” said Dr. Moraros.
