Ukraine returnees in Varanasi seek Yogi govt’s assistance
VARANASI : Over half-a-dozen medical students who recently returned to Varanasi from wartorn Ukraine have urged chief minister Yogi Adityanath to help them complete their medical education at institutes in Uttar Pradesh. These students belong to different parts of Varanasi. They submitted a memorandum to the additional city magistrate (Varanasi) Gulab Chandra in this connection. The memorandum is addressed to chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
The students said they don’t want to go back to Ukraine to complete their studies even after the war ends.
The UP government should help them in completing their education here, they demanded.
Vartika Agrahari, a resident of Varanasi, is one such student. She is a third-year student of medical science at Ivano Frankivsk National Medical University, Ukraine.
Vartika wants the UP government to allow her to complete her medical degree from a government medical college in Uttar Pradesh.
There are others like her in Varanasi. They include Shivam Kumar Singh, Siddharth Singh, Anubhav, Rafika Khatoon, Vipul Tripathi, Samridhi Singh and Sagar Gupta.
Vartika said she currently attends online classes being run by the National University, Ukraine. But after she completes third year, clinical studies would begin which can be done at an institute only, she explained.
“I request the government to allow us to do our internship in medical institutes,” she said.
Kritika Singh, a second semester student of medical science at Kharkiv National University, Ukraine, said, “I urge the government to (allow us to) complete our medical course at any government medical college in the country. It will be a great help.”
Mayank Rai, a fourth-year student of medical science at Uzhhgorod National University, sai, “The situation is not good in Ukraine. I don’t want to go back. It will take a long time to restore normalcy,” he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had interacted with some students at Lal Bahadur Shashtri International Airport in Varanasi on March 3.