(MENAFN- The Peninsula)
The latest set of doctors who graduated from Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar's (WCM-Q) Class yesterday have expressed pride in taking responsibility during an important and unprecedented moment in history. They also expressed hope that the COVID-19 pandemic will improve to better soon.
Due to the pandemic, some have volunteered to work in hospitals before their time in medical school was over. The new doctors will now continue their medical training by joining residency programmes at leading healthcare institutions in Qatar and the United States, including Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, and Harvard Spaulding, among many others.
Among the 41 new doctors who graduated from the WCM-Q Class of 2021 - 30 are young women.
Among them, Lolwa Abdulaziz Al Theyab, a Qatari student of WCM-Q Class of 2021, plans to pursue a paediatrics residency at Hamad General Hospital.
'Graduating from medical school in this current climate means we have an added responsibility of tackling the pandemic. I am looking forward to helping my community tackle COVID-19, and hopefully, we can get back to some form of normalcy soon, she told The Peninsula. Lolwa has worked as a volunteer in the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), helping with contact tracing. She has also worked with the COVID-19: Eastern Mediterranean Physicians' Group, responsible for analyzing and summarizing the emergent medical literature on COVID-19 for the medical community.
Her batch mate Tasnim Mushannen a US national, has also volunteered with COVID-19: Eastern Mediterranean Physicians' Group.
'At the peak of COVID-19 in March/April 2020, a lot of research on COVID-19 was being published very rapidly. We as medical students wanted to support the healthcare workers at the frontline by providing concise and up-to-date summaries of the publications, she said. Tasnim has graduated with Academic Distinction and showed excellence in several areas. She will pursue neurology residency training at Duke University.
Speaking about graduating during the pandemic, Tasnim said, 'My heart goes out to the patients and their families affected by the pandemic. I feel honoured to have the responsibility of taking care of patients during the pandemic. I have always wanted to become a physician and help alleviate pain and distress, so graduating during the pandemic makes me feel even more devoted to doing my best for patients during these difficult times. I hope that I will become a source of support and solace for many people in as many ways as possible. Moza Abdulla Almohannadi, a Qatari who graduated with Academic Distinction, plans to spend a year training in New York and apply to an anaesthesiology residency.
She has also volunteered with the MoPH as a health educator to train and educate others about the COVID-19 virus and the appropriate use of personal protective equipment. Gowri Saswathy Ganesan graduated with ‘Excellence in the Areas of Concentration' and intends to pursue an emergency medicine residency at HMC.
'I look forward to working with the healthcare workers at HMC to continue the fight. We, as medical graduates, have a great responsibility to step up to the challenge and continue the heroic efforts of the healthcare workers. We should always remember the sense of responsibility we feel to continue to motivate us and give us the strength to persevere, she said.
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