Mihai Ghimpu: “We need talented doctors”

“Moldova needs talented doctors for an European future,” Acting President Mihai Ghimpu said in the ceremony held to open the new academic year at the University of Medicine and Pharmaceutics “Nicolae Testemitanu” on September 1, Info-Prim Neo reports. “One can become a good doctor only if they were good students,” Mihai Ghimpu said, urging the students not to waste time and focus on the objectives related to their future profession. The university's rector Ion Ababii told the young students they chose the most noble and humane profession in the world. He stated that the students admitted to the university this year had an average grade of minimum 8.5. By 20 persons competed for a place at a number of faculties.