Young people from abroad who studied at the State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemiţanu” took the Hippocratic Oath in a ceremony at the National Palace “Nicolae Sulac” in Chisinau on June 13. The almost 300 graduates from 13 countries swore to care for patients regardless of their nationality, confession, ethnicity, political orientation or social status, IPN reports.

The graduates said the studies in Moldova were of a high quality and the graduation of the university is a new start. The experience gained in Moldova will enable them to responsibly fulfil their duties as physicians and pharmacists.

Graduate Lina Masarwa from Israel noted this day is very important for her. She is very happy as she became a doctor after studying for six years. She will return to her county to practice and will thus help her compatriots.

Rusat Habach from Syria said he has waited long for this moment to take the Hippocratic Oath. The years of study were a very interesting period in his life and the Republic of Moldova is a very beautiful country.

The university’s deputy rector Mihail Gavriliuc said the graduates studied medicine, dentistry and pharmacy and most of them are from Israel. The students have good standings and almost all of them find employment in the health systems of their countries of origin according to the experience of the previous years.

As many as 297 international students have graduated from the State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemiţanu” this year. Of them, 268 are from Israel, 12 are from Turkey, four are from Finland, three are from the U.S., two are from Portugal and by one is from Greece, Denmark, India, Iraq, the UK, Romania, Syria and Ukraine.

Over 600 national graduates of the same university took the Hippocratic Oath in a similar ceremony on June 12.