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Institutional development · Facilities and campus development · Iraq

Iraqi health committee MP visits University of Kufa labs and nursing simulation centre

The University of Kufa's president hosted Ghaith Shabaa, a member of the parliamentary health committee, to discuss ways of supporting the university's ongoing projects and to review its laboratories.

Photo: Akam Aziz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Why it matters: The University of Kufa's ongoing projects and laboratories were the subject of talks on possible support with a member of the parliamentary health committee.

The University of Kufa said its president, Professor Alaa Naji Al-Mawla, received Dr Ghaith Shabaa, a member of parliament who sits on the parliamentary health committee.

According to the university, the two sides discussed ways to support university projects currently under way and looked at the state of the university's laboratories and educational capacity.

The university said the visit, attended by college dean Dr Fatima Al-Hasnawi, included the Kufa Centre for Nursing Competencies and Clinical Simulation at the College of Nursing.

Editor’s view

Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor

For the University of Kufa, the visit opened discussion with a member of the parliamentary health committee on ways to support its ongoing projects, with its laboratories and nursing simulation centre among the facilities reviewed.

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