15 October 2024 By Nicoleta Michael, South Africa MD, Class of 2027 On Sunday, 13 October 2024, the Mobile Clinic team embarked on its first expedition of the new academic year by visiting Farmakas village to participate in its annual festival. The festival highlights Farmakas's agricultural produce and traditional food products. The volunteers team [...]
by Mariam Hamam, MD, Class of 2027 17 April 2024 On Saturday, 14 April 2024, a Mobile Clinic expedition took place at Liopetri Village, located in the Famagusta District. The team consisted of supervisor physicians, Dr Sotiris Dimosthenous and Dr Danny Alon Ellenbogen, three staff members, and 19 student volunteers. Our team successfully provided [...]
April 2024 We would like to congratulate the UNIC Health Team for achieving 2nd place among 17 groups in the recent "Run for Autism" event that took place in Ayia Napa, on Sunday, 31 March 2024. The participation in the 5km corporate race is a collaborative effort of UNIC Health's Student Services and the [...]
by Naresh Sinnathamby, MBBS P-Year student 12 March 2024 On Sunday, 10 March 2024, eighteen medical student volunteers had the opportunity to offer blood pressure, glucose and body mass index measurements to 62 residents of Avgorou village in the district of Famagusta, under the supervision of Drs Danagra Ikossi and Danny Alon Ellenbogen. Upon [...]
by Naresh Sinnathamby, MBBS P-Year student 4 March 2024 On Sunday, 3 March 2024, the Mobile Clinic travelled to Xylotymbou village in the District of Larnaca, to offer Electrocardiograms (ECGs) to the local population. Sixteen medical students seized the opportunity to refine their clinical and communications skills, while evaluating the cardiovascular health of 44 [...]
by Michaela Takos, MBBS P-Year student 28 February 2024 On Sunday, 25 February 2024, the Mobile Clinic had the privilege of travelling to Xylofagou in Larnaca district. Alongside Dr Sotiris Dimosthenous from the UNIC Medical Centre in Ormideia, a dedicated team of twenty medical student volunteers performed blood pressure and blood glucose measurements on [...]
Thursday, 28 April 2022 On 17 April 2022 the Medical School Mobile Clinic travelled to the village of Lythrodontas in the district of Nicosia. Seventeen medical student volunteers under the guidance of Doctors Andrea Charalambous and Carolina Kitromelides, performed blood pressure measurements and glucose tests to more than 100 people. "For many of us, [...]
by Ioannis Apergis, President of Medical School Student Society (MSSS) December 2020 “Difficulties mastered are opportunities won,” said Winston Churchill. Everyone is concerned about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the daily life of people worldwide. The effects of this pandemic have changed how organizations, foundations, societies and generally speaking how the world [...]
June 2020 By Jennifer Lyons, MBBS 2021 Strict lockdowns, unreliable WiFi and Medical School exams. How are students coping? The lockdown in Cyprus began on 19 March. For many international students at the University of Nicosia, this followed a mad dash to pack up dorm rooms and catch the last flight home. [...]
Friday, 25 October 2019 by Daniel Couchenour, MBBS, Class of 2022 Last Sunday, in collaboration with the Pantheo Eye Center, the annual Mobile Eye Clinic expedition took place at Arsos village in the district of Limassol. Upon our arrival in Arsos we were greeted by the locals with great enthusiasm. We set-up at the Community Centre [...]
Friday, 12 April 2019 by Hafsa Omer Sulaiman, MBBS 2022 “The spike penetrated the chest wall and perforated the aortic arch; a few centimetres to the right and she may have pulled through.” That went through my head as I was waiting in front of the anatomy lab during my first week of medical school. [...]
Tuesday, 04 February 2019 by Dr Chloe Antoniou, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry My fondest childhood memory was teaching my younger sister math. Being four years older than her, I felt that it was the sisterly thing to do so she can be prepared about what the future beholds. Not sharing my knowledge of long [...]
Tuesday, 22 January 2019 by Eleni Naria Hadjicosta, Alumni 2018 You start with a goal. Graduate med school. Pretty big thinking when you’re 18 years old. And then one day, you wake up, and realise you’ve done it. You are now a doctor. All those years of hard work, all the sweat and tears, the [...]
Thursday, 10 January 2019 by Elsie Marieanne Sowah, MBBS 2021 It’s around 10:30 and you’re using every last drop of the grade school-inculcated discipline within you to ignore the pink Zorba’s box (baked goods/pastries) on top of the fridge. The last Report Back is underway and your eyes are oscillating between what’s becoming a blue [...]
Thursday, 6 December 2018 by Elsie Sowah, MBBS 2021 On Saturday1 December the echo of the Cyprus Boy Scouts’ marching band reverberated throughout the lobby of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) Central Office in Nicosia at around 10:05am to mark the start of the 8th Annual Christmas Fiesta hosted by the Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society. [...]
Tuesday, 20 November 2018 by Rasha Ahmed Abdalla Taha Eid, MD 2023 On Saturday 17 November, a group of medical student volunteers participated in the mobile clinic expedition that took place in Ermou square in Larnaca. As soon as the students arrived on location, they set up their equipment in preparation for the day ahead. [...]
Wednesday, 14 November 2018 by Jennifer Lyons, MBBS 2022 Last Saturday, 10 November 2018, the Mobile Clinic in collaboration with the Pantheo Eye Center travelled to Platres to perform ophthalmology checks. The Mobile Clinic team made a first stop in Limassol, at the Pantheo Eye Center, to pick up the necessary equipment for the expedition [...]
Living in Cyprus can be a real joy. With 300 days of sunshine a year, beautiful beaches, delicious food and kind people, you’ll soon agree with a saying they have on the island: “It’s paradise!” Especially for students, Cyprus offers many perks, from being named the safest country in the world for young people, to [...]
Moving is hard, and it’s even harder if you’re in a new country, and at a new school. But one thing that can make it so much easier is living in student housing. Where you live affects your life in and out of the classroom, and choosing the right housing makes this life transition just [...]
