Former Bahrain resident and nurse Joyce Standring has retired at the ripe age of 95, following an illustrious career straddling a passion for healthcare and a commitment to serve.
The nonagenarian, who currently lives in the UK, helped deliver scores of babies in Awali as expatriate families, mostly from the UK, arrived to join the oil exploration and development efforts.
She worked as a midwife in Bahrain and Qatar in the 1960s, and later opened a clinic for women and children in Abu Dhabi. Her foray into the Gulf region began when she was offered a position at the Iraq Petroleum Company’s hospital in Qatar for its expatriate and local employees.
