Seychelles to send medical students to SRM University, Chennai

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">The government of Seychelles, which has been sending a steady stream of patients to Chennai for medical care, will also send its students to universities here for medical education, said Danny Faure, Vice-President, Republic of Seychelles, here on Monday.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstwIgf1iOOrQidxwR3eo2a9JDhzSrpz_mQHRWHf9L33VTfeDatEAnNszTixEjNat9J5EW80t5THYm8wdcHnqsuKghoZLSDcc4NcsKR-to1rUgTCt6Ixcv23rfzMi61vt1VxBycbKbLsw/s1600/syk.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstwIgf1iOOrQidxwR3eo2a9JDhzSrpz_mQHRWHf9L33VTfeDatEAnNszTixEjNat9J5EW80t5THYm8wdcHnqsuKghoZLSDcc4NcsKR-to1rUgTCt6Ixcv23rfzMi61vt1VxBycbKbLsw/s1600/syk.png" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">This year, for the first time, a student from Seychelles was awarded a fully-funded scholarship to study medicine at SRM University, and more are to follow, Mr. Faure added. <o:p></o:p></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArZPDVcCklvqRJ_7Xf8fIssI429eloQ6XWnn4m7Ke2CRWbVOFE1vKI-k1zSssBvgYFGna5ezKw0ufIqfXFYT31021flCoVK7V8MY_2PVpcrYQdyQ2_8x1z96OOvauZeGAawOjSwjIPBg/s1600/sy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArZPDVcCklvqRJ_7Xf8fIssI429eloQ6XWnn4m7Ke2CRWbVOFE1vKI-k1zSssBvgYFGna5ezKw0ufIqfXFYT31021flCoVK7V8MY_2PVpcrYQdyQ2_8x1z96OOvauZeGAawOjSwjIPBg/s1600/sy.png" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Earlier, we used to send our students to Manipal University. But now, we are in talks with private universities here to accommodate more students from Seychelles,” M.S. Sai, honorary consul said.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mr. Faure said Seychelles has always looked up to India and Chennai in particular, for its quality medical treatment. “Nearly 15 years ago, we used to send our patients to Singapore and South Africa but over the past many years, we have been sending our most difficult cases to India,” he said, adding that though Seychelles had made medical treatment free for its citizens, there was a shortage of specialists there. A medical board in the country, also comprising international consultants, decided the patients to be sent outside Seychelles for specialised medical care. <o:p></o:p></span><br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">he government there, he said, spent nearly 2.5 billion U.S dollars on overseas medical care alone.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mr. Faure, who is on an official visit to India, met patients from Seychelles undergoing treatment at Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital here. Waven William, high commissioner to India, Republic of Seychelles, were also present. S. M. Balaji director of the hospital was also present during the interaction.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mr. Faure added that hospitals in Chennai, especially in the case of craniofacial issues, were rendering much help to patients from Seychelles, and he looked forward to more collaboration between the two countries. He added that Mr. Balaji was training personnel in his country</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><br /> <br /></div> </div>

Seychelles to send medical students to SRM University, Chennai

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