Nurses’ graduation in Batroon with US support

With support from the US Embassy in Beirut, the English for Nurses program celebrated on Saturday the graduation of some 44 male and female nurses and medical administrators at the Holy Family University in Batroon. Present were the US Embassy Cultural Affairs Officer, Christine Smith and the University President, Hilda Shlala, as well as representatives of Batroon hospital and the Al Yussef Medical Center and Abdallah Rassi Hospital in Halba. During the ceremony, the head of the program, Joyce Metri, praised the efforts exerted to the end of developing the nursing staff and improving their English language, thanking the US Embassy for its backing. For her part, Ruba Hamdash, said on behalf of Akkar graduates that the program has given momentum to the nurses in the area which is first of its kind, hoping similar initiatives will carry on. To close, Smith and Metri distributed the certificates among the beneficiaries. (Al Diyar, May 5, 2019)