UM pandemic volunteer programme finishes up

Since the autumn of 2020 the University of Miskolc has worked with the National Ambulance Service in providing services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Faculty of Health Sciences has acted as the university’s volunteer coordinator. Healthcare students participated in PCR testing, while students from other faculties volunteered as drivers, transporting testing teams around the county.

From the Faculty of Health Sciences alone, 274 students volunteered on a total of 1600 occasions, working nearly 10,000 days and over 100,000 hours. 153 students volunteered as drivers, covering 800,000 km in the region, the equivalent of 40 times round the Earth.

An event to acknowledge the contributions of the volunteer programme was held 21 April.