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Semmelweis University helps refugees from Ukraine in several areas (regularly updated)

By Viktória Kiss
Semmelweis University will provide health care for refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine in all cases, and will increase respective human resources capacity if necessary. In case Ukrainian patients have language difficulties at a clinic, the university’s Department of Languages for Specific Purposes provides 24-hour on-call interpretation in Ukrainian and Russian. The university will also give students, researchers, lecturers working in the field of medicine and health sciences, and those working in patient care, the opportunity to continue their work and studies in Hungarian, English or German, announced Rector Dr. Béla Merkely. The university provides a venue for collecting donations in its central warehouse as well. (This article is updated regularly.)

As of March 19, 2022, 136 outpatients and 41 inpatients from Ukraine were treated at the clinics of Semmelweis University. As we reported in a separate article, on March 1, a Ukrainian refugee gave birth to a baby boy at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and since then another two births have taken place there. 

Between February 26 and March 18, the university’s dormitories provided accommodation for 271 refugees from Ukraine. Currently, 76 people are receiving housing. So far, more than 200 students have applied to temporarily continue their studies at Semmelweis University, and around 1,000 have expressed interest via email. 

Semmelweis University is helping refugees from Ukraine in four areas. “The institution provides health care for refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine in all cases, and in the present situation, the university will also provide additional human resource capacity for this purpose, if necessary,” said Rector Dr. Béla Merkely.

The institution is ready to offer students, researchers and lecturers in the field of medicine and health sciences, and those working in patient care, the opportunity to continue their work and studies in Hungarian, English or German.

Semmelweis University dormitories continue to welcome international medical students who previously studied in Ukraine, with students from Bangladesh, Ghana, Egypt, Nigeria, India and Iran having been accommodated so far.

The students concerned can apply by sending an e-mail to titkarsag.kht@semmelweis-univ.hu.

On February 28, Rector Dr. Béla Merkely and Dr. Alán Alpár, Vice-Rector for International Studies, met the newly arrived students in person at the János Balassa Dormitory, and informed them that they can continue their studies at Semmelweis University in English, if they wish to do so, after the necessary formalities.

If necessary, the institution will help more undergraduates and also the families of students with Ukrainian links to find accommodation. It is currently assessing what community spaces can be mobilized for this purpose.

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Donations received at the university’s donation collection point were sent to help those affected by the situation in Ukraine.

Pálma Dobozi
Translation: Viktória Kiss, Tamás Deme
Photos: Bálint Barta
Featured image (illustration): Envato Elements