University students were on the front line against covid, UNAM responds to AMLO

“There were thousands of university students who gave themselves with passion in the health crisis. These data and this clarification serve so that society is duly informed about the academic work and the commitment of the National Autonomous University of Mexico”, explained the UNAM.

Faculty of Medicine responds

Through a video published on social networks, the Faculty of Medicine stated that since the beginning of the confinement on March 20, 2020, its teaching staff was trained in digital tools to teach about 274,000 hours of online classes to its students and with To do this, maintain a study on the disease and the pandemic.

He recalled that students, medical interns, graduates and physiotherapists from that Faculty were involved in the organization and operation of the Covid Citibanamex temporary unit, which served more than 9,000 patients and for which it was awarded the “science and innovation in the fight against la covid” of the Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUAL).

In addition to holding different forums, conferences and training on the pandemic and different health issues, a code of ethics was created and the campaign “donate a kit, protect a resident” was launched, as well as various websites for consulting health professionals and the general public.

“The Faculty of Medicine continues its mission of training highly qualified, ethical and humanistic professionals for the benefit of human beings and the nation”, expresses the institutional video

Faced with the hiring of Cuban doctors by the Mexican government, the director of the Faculty of Medicine himself criticized the measure through his social networks.