UNMC News and Events

by Aliraza Rajabali, MD-Y3, Mobile Clinic Club Secretary 13 March 2025 On Sunday, 9 March 2025, the Mobile Clinic organized an expedition to Ormideia Village. The day began with clear skies and sunshine, setting a positive tone for the work ahead. Nineteen medical students participated in the expedition, providing blood pressure and glucose testing, ECGs, and BMI assessments to village residents at the local primary school. The initiative was overseen by Dr Panayiotis Avraamides, Clinical Professor of Cardiology, who consulted with all 36 patients seen that day. The response from patients was positive. Their smiles and words of appreciation [...]

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 a total of thirty-eight patients from the village and surrounding areas. Driven by a commitment to community health, the volunteers exhibited a commendable level of professionalism and empathy during these health-checks, engaging in meaningful discussions with the patients and providing insight into the significance of [...]

16 February 2024 The Mobile Clinic in collaboration with the Student Affairs Department, the Medical Centre, the AIDS Solidarity Movement, and the Cy Checkpoint, organised a STI testing day on Wednesday, 14 February 2024. Twenty medical student volunteers, along with volunteers from the AIDS Solidarity Movement and Community Health Workers from the Cy Checkpoint, offered free, anonymous rapid tests for HIV and Syphilis. They also provided pre-test and post-test peer counselling to 52 students. Before the event, the medical students participated in a training session on 'Sexual History Taking,' led by Dr Christos Michael. During the event, they had [...]