I HAVE THE DREAM TO BECOME A DOCTOR: STORIES BY FIRST YEAR STUDENTS FROM CRIMEA
The entrance campaign this year brilliantly testified that O.O. Bohomolets National medical university unites the students from the whole Ukraine into one great family.
The entrants from all regions of the country, including 10 persons from Crimean peninsula, will study at university. This year the students with Ukrainian, Russian and Crimean Tatar roots became the first year students. The students love and think that Ukraine is their country. So, they do all the best in order to live and to study in their country.
O.O. Bohomolets National medical university widely opens the doors to those ones, who had to leave their homes because of the temporary annexation. The people from Crimea gladly select the capital medical university and believe that Crimea is Ukraine.
The first year student Refat Zekeriayev tells his story about entrance to NMU. The boy was born in c. Simferopol and still since childhood he wanted to become a doctor. Refat will study at the 1st course in medical faculty No 3. The good results from EIA enabled to enter due to state order. He studied Ukrainian language, biology and chemistry with tutors and received high scores in EIA, which he had already in Kyiv. He registered for EIA almost on the last days in March, having at the same time finished Ukrainian international school (online study). In June he registered for additional repeated session, which he successfully passed and received the certification for submission of documents to NMU.
The student from Crimea was provided with the hostel due to privileges as a child from family with many children (in the family there are four children). Refat in large family will become the first doctor.
He tells about his acquaintance with the capital of Ukraine and story about entrance to NMU with admiration: “I was pleasantly impressed with the openness and sincerity at the dean’s office of the faculty and employees of university – all are ready to help and to prompt. I liked the university very much, its academic buildings, students’ quarter, as well as Kyiv with its green parks. By the way, this is the first time that I left my native Simferopol. I hope that Kyiv will become the second home: I have already visited Maydan Nezalezhnosti, Khreschatyk street, European square, I have seen the Arch of People’s Friendship and this greatness impresses. I moved to Kyiv with my cousin, who will study at Taras Shevchenko KNU. My family treated my crossing calmly, perhaps they got accustomed to it as I studied at Crimean gymnasium-boarding school for talented children for 5 years and went home only once a week”, – tells the first year student.
Refit plays football and likes studying. He has chosen the medicine as he feels that this is his mission. He would like to become an anesthesiologist or surgeon. The family of Refat was deported, his grandfather and grandmother returned to Ukraine only in 1991. The first year student saintly keeps his traditions – they celebrate the main holiday of Muslims Uraza-bayran in the family circle and strictly follow the abstinence before the holiday – Ramadan. “All holidays are as a rule celebrated during three days – all relatives come to the oldest people in the family. Among our small family traditions there is the tradition to dine together, all family members shall be at one table, only then it is allowed to eat. We think that the traditional meals are the dumplings and chebureki. Among our rituals – addressing to the parents only by “You”, every morning greeting with the grandfather”, – tells Refat.
While entering to the university he chose the pediatrics and medical care as top-priority. He can speak English, Turkish, Tatar languages; he studied Ukrainian for 9 years. He believes that NMU opens many chances, among them the probation abroad, thus Refat will persistently study in order to realize all the dreams.
This year one more resident of Crimea Oleh Litvintsev became the first year student of NMU: “I was born and lived in c. Sevastopol in Ukrainian family. I grew up with the grandmother who comes from Poltava. She worked as the chief gastroenterologist in Sevastopol, thus I also decided to become a doctor, hereby inheriting the grandmother’s example.
I studied in one of the oldest schools in Sevastopol, which was 230 years old. When at school I was fond of biology and chemistry. I also fluently speak English and took the first place in the Olympiad among pupils.
In 2015 I moved from Sevastopol to Kyiv and I finished the 11th form in one schools in Kyiv. Having successfully passed through EIS I entered the medical care of O.O. Bohomolets NMU and now I am a first year student in medical faculty No 1.
