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Ms Janet Alva, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, MCON expressed gratitude to Ms Rynal Desma Quadras for accepting the invite and sharing her expertise on the subject with our students. The interesting, inspiring and elaborate session ended at 11:55 am.