UAE fights Covid: First Emirati male nurse urges more nationals to join healthcare
Majid Salim Al Hammadi
Al Hammadi hopes to inspire many more nationals to pursue a career in nursing.
The first UAE national to be a male nurse, Majid Salim Al Hammadi, has been successfully balancing work and doctoral studies during the pandemic.
Currently, he is the charge nurse at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) operating room department.
Al Hammadi hopes to inspire many more nationals to pursue a career in nursing.His nursing journey started in 2015 when he joined Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) as an intern. For the next two years, he was on rotation in paediatric emergency, medical, surgical and operating rooms. In 2018, he began his master’s degree in managing care in perioperative and anesthesia practice from Cardiff University. In 2020, at the height of Covid-19 pandemic, Al Hammadi completed his postgraduate while learning to balance the demands of his job with studies. H