National Ambulance and University of Sharjah celebrate graduation of third batch of Emirati EMT programme

Abu Dhabi: Nationwide Ambulance and the College of Sharjah (UOS) on Tuesday celebrated the commencement of 33 Emirati college students from the third batch of the Emirati Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Programme with a digital ceremony attended by Dr Hussein Al Harthi, chairman of Nationwide Ambulance Board of Administrators, Mohammad Al Nuimi, board member, Ahmed Al Hajeri, Nationwide Ambulance chief govt officer, professor Qutayba Hamid, vice-chancellor for the Medical and Well being Sciences Schools at UOS, and a lot of officers from Nationwide Ambulance and UOS and the graduates.

The programme was established 4 years in the past by Nationwide Ambulance, in partnership with the College of Sharjah, to supply Emiratis with the information and expertise to pursue careers within the very important medical emergency care and put together them to serve on the frontline in help of the group. This 12 months, the programme, in step with UAE authorities’s Emiratisation plans, had the most important consumption of scholars since its inception, bringing the variety of Emirati EMTs at Nationwide Ambulance to round 60 who're all serving within the frontline of emergency medical companies.

On the event, Dr Al Harthi expressed his delight for the graduates, noting that this occasion was an vital milestone that mirrored the power of Emirati youth in overcoming obstacles and turning challenges into alternatives in a rustic that doesn't know the unattainable and underneath a clever management that places the UAE residents as a major focus and harnesses all capabilities for the progress and development of human capital.

Ahmed Saleh Al Hajeri, Nationwide Ambulance CEO, mentioned: “This group of young men and women have risen to the challenge of facing exceptional circumstances caused by COVID-19 to achieve their ambitions and goals in joining their colleagues in the service, to work together in the frontline, to maintain the health and safety of society.”

Professor Hamid expressed his gratefulness in the direction of the help offered by His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah and President of the College of Sharjah, and Majoul Al Nuaimi, Director of the College of Sharjah, and their contribution in the direction of the success of the programme.