Over 20 medical students of the All Saints University School of Medicine received their White Coats on Saturday.
The University which has been in operation since 2006, had relocated to St Vincent following Hurricane Maria.
“We are glad to be back in Dominica, All Saints motherland. As we continue to sympathize with the country and the people, we experienced great loss due to the passage of Hurricane Maria,” Dean of Basic Medicine at the All Saint’s University, Dr Anzhelika Ivasenko said while addressing the ceremony. “We must recognize the tremendous work that has been done at all levels in the country, the efforts that have been made by the government to restore normal life.”
She continued, “We can clearly see that Dominica is on its way to recovery and restoration and it will rise again.”
She advised students to ensure that the white colour on their white coats reminds them of their physician professional duties and responsibility.
“Your White Coat is going to stay short during this time to indicate that you are a Doctor in training,” she stated. “May the length of your coat remind you to be humble and to take every opportunity to learn from your interns, from your fellow colleagues, from all the Healthcare professionals you work with.”
She added, “Your White Coats have pockets, fill them with reference books, reference cards, index cards with patients’ information and journal articles.”
congratulations.
Very good for All-Saints and the grads. Congratulations to all!
All Saints should definitely be moved to the Ross location in Possie after the dust settles, just to show off Blackmore and DLP rank and file for disrespecting Justina and wrestling All Saints from Grandbay, her constituency where they would have been nestled quietly in the hills at Center, very conducive to their intense studies close to the 3 million dollar POLICE station she was given in return, while she was a rookie. Politics can be a dirty game, but it really doesn’t have to be so.
All Saints, inspite of your small numbers, we appreciate you! I can only hope they can grow larger and that Dominica will learn from the Ross lesson and help guide development of the Medical School industry. Dominica should now nurture All Saints and create/foster a vibrant growth environment. Who knows, that just may make Ross reconsider their decision, even years from now. For now, let Ross be Ross. Dominica needs to learn from this and the current government must understand the need for questions to be answered about the Ross issue, so that it is not repeated. The press, including DNO, must launch all gears into investigative journalism so as to get to the facts and end speculation and frivolous claims made on all sides of this issue.
A joke that 20 smh we need Ross or something similar
The joke is you Sam, how long since All Saints here? How can they already compete with a 40yr old school? Idiot, Ross BEGAN with 11>
Boy some people are well ungrateful.
Hello
Hello Steve Foerster
Who is the boss? Ross!