“I have to be back in Romania before the end of this month. If I fail to get the money then I have to forget my dream of becoming a doctor,” she added.After completing Form Six, the eldest of five siblings, who lost her father at the age of eight, had applied in vain for a place to do medicine in some 20 local universities.
She also applied for numerous scholarships and loans but was turned down.Refusing to give up, Syamala worked in a courier service agency and provided home tuition to save up enough money to pursue her ambition.
She also borrowed RM20,000 from a loan shark, and is forced to pay RM2,000 every month in interest alone. Her brother and sister were helping her with this.During her semester breaks, Syamala would work in the UK and when the semester commenced, she earned a small income by cooking and selling food to the Malaysian students in her university.However, the UK goverment had since barred students from foreign universities from working there.The student also revealed that she was aware that the medical university in Romania was not recognised by the Malaysian government.
However, Syamala added that she had no choice because that was the cheapest place to pursue a medical degree.The student, who had since forked out RM310,000 for the past six years, said she would need to sit for another examination in Malaysia upon her graduation in order to practice here.Since her plight was highlighted, FMT received numerous calls from readers wanting to help her.Those wishing to financially aid Syamala could channel their donations to: Syamala Devi a/p Mani (Maybank acc: 112278032141)
Source : http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/09/22/mic-to-look-into-med-students-plight/
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