Medical Students Welcome $10k
The initiative was to assist students after the government had suspended Toppers and Tertiary Education Loan Scheme funding in the last two financial years for MBBS following an oversupply of Fijian Doctors based on the World Health Organisation and Ministry of Health’s doctor-patient ratio.
Friday 18 February 2022 | 10:39
Tertiary Scholarship and Loans Service (TSLS) medical students who are grant recipients (from left), Anishil Kumar, Rihan Ali and Shifaz Ali with the acting Prime Minister and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum at the FNU Pacifika Campus on February 16, 2022. Photo: Ronald Kumar
The $10,000 one-off grant given by the Government to 42 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) private students has been described by its recipients as a source of renewed hope.
Medical student grant recipient Shaniya Shah (left), with mother, Shamina Khan, at FNU Campus on February 16, 2022. Photo: Ronald Kumar
Tomasi Tabuamovi
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Umanand Prasad School of Medicine and Health Sciences second year student Tomasi Tabuamovi echoed similar statements. He said he was grateful for the grant.
“I’m really honoured for this grant the Government gave to us because even though we have the Covid-19 situation in Fiji, with this grant it will assist me with my studies. I will choose which field to specialise in after doing my clinical in year four.”
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