The opening session, which was held at the university’s main campus in Hadat-Baabda, was attended by the Director of Medical Care at the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Joseph El-Helou, representing the Minister of Health, the President of the Antonine University, Father Michel Galakh, the Vice President for Integrated Human Development, Father Jean Alam, and a number of Those concerned with the file of comfort and mental health, along with the deans of faculties in the university and the administrators.
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During the opening session, the President of the University, Father Galakh, gave a speech, in which he drew attention to the importance of “integrated development” and “sustainable comfort,” noting that they are at the heart of the university’s mission and concern all its officials. Father Galakh added that the university attaches great importance to psychological comfort, especially in light of the circumstances that Lebanon is going through and its people are suffering from.
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In turn, Dr. Helou commended the step taken by the Antonine University in the field of health and psychological comfort during this week and the follow-up it is taking with its students, pointing out that the Ministry of Public Health will always be on the side of the university in all its steps that fall into this framework.
Helou spoke about the suffering of mental health centers in Lebanon, especially Deir al-Saleeb. He pointed out that no country or people can tolerate what the Lebanese endure at all levels, besides Corona. He said: This country will rise again despite all the difficulties, reiterating the call for the vaccination and warning that Corona is not over yet.
An indication that the Antonine University is the first university in Lebanon to develop a strategy for health and psychological comfort in the academic environment, and thus has become a model university by applying the concept of mental health according to international standards.