To all our volunteering students, thank you












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            Tuesday March 10, 2020, 2.30 pm. It looked like a regular Academic Senate meeting: program
            someone is for, nobody against, two who "for any reason" abstained, some information, mayb

            discussion about whether or not to connect the two internal departments and call them II. 
            and then hurry home to take care of the children. But it was completely different. "We stu
            help," came in the miscellaneous session from the senators at the window.


            And so the facebook group „volunteers from students of medical faculties“ was established.

            1500 members enrolled, now there are more than 5000.

            Our Third Faculty of Medicine was traditionally the first. Already on Wednesday it was agr

            that next week the first group will begin work, on Monday, will receive initial training, 
            by GP and from Tuesday go to practice. Soon Thomayer Hospital and Hospital Bulovka also jo
            later, on Thursday 12 March 2020, other medical schools and hospitals were very still caut

            activity and the Government of the Czech Republic decided on the work obligation of studen
            year only five days after our spontaneous initiative on Sunday 15 March 2020.


            "What can the medical students actually do," asked those who do not belong to the Vinohrad
            were clear. A lot of work is done at the patient's bedside, members can babysit by the chi
            hospital's regular employees who would otherwise have to stay at home, they can take care 

            retirement homes and other social services, can donate blood, hold services on information
            students also in English, Spanish, German or Russian), working in hygienic stations, parti
            in hospital tents, helping at collection points and laboratories, treating wounds to homel

            sewing masks, simply to be available wherever a hand is needed. Such a similar student, bu
            solidarity and action we have perhaps experienced only the last six weeks of 1989.


            And students don't have it easy at all. Although it does not seem at first glance, the sch
            to run online uncompromisingly, and the examiners are tough on the Skype screen. However, 
            be learned from practical instruction over the internet will multiply with hands-on in fir

            conditions. Until today, the term “Tyvek” knew perhaps only those who insulated the attic 
            roof underlay at home, but today practically everyone knows that it is a white suit, which
            hot at the patient's bed.

            More and more we hear not only from medical doctors, but especially from young doctors tha
            after the practice, they were constantly asking when they would get rid of all the papers 
            medicine they went to college for. Now they finally succeeded.


            Now, however, it is a good opportunity to thank the students of our faculty of all program
            started this very deserving volunteer activity, to which other faculties gradually joined.

            your commitment and share the concerns of first-line fighters with you.

            As members of the Collegium of the Dean of the Third Faculty of Medicine, we would like to

            your tough and devoted work for the sick and for the dignified representation of the facul
            in the right outfit. When someone asks us today, “where are you sewing,” they will not hea
            Natali Ruden” or “costume at Klára Nademlýnská” but “face masks at our medical students”. 


            Doc. MUDr. Monika Arenbergerová, PhD
            On behalf of Dean´s collegium