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A group of pharmacy students held a Ramadan health initiative event in Norwood on April
26, where they spoke about the COVID-19 vaccines and how to manage their well-being and
medications while fasting. Photos courtesy of Maliha Tabassum
HEALING THE
COMMUNITY
Pharmacy students hold vaccine
outreach event in Norwood
BY JASON COHEN
A group of pharmacy students held
a Ramadan health initiative event in
Norwood on April 26, where they spoke
about the COVID-19 vaccines and how
to manage their well-being and medications
while fasting.
The outreach took place at Safe
Medical Center, 3099 Bainbridge Ave.
and featured about 52 people.
Maliha Tabassum, of Norwood, is
a six year pharmacy student at Long
Island University in Brooklyn, and
has been doing patient care events
since 2017. She noticed that many in
the large Bengali population of Norwood
hesitate to ask questions to their
health care provider due to the language
barrier.
“I have a strong passion for helping
patients, especially who are not native
English speakers,” she told the Bronx
Times.
Tabassum and Shamim Ahmed,
a fellow fi nal year medical student,
who are both Bengali, talked to the patients
in Bengali and the parents were
thrilled to have someone speak their
language and answer their questions.
They educated them on how to make
appointments and it was such a success
that the residents asked them to
hold a second event in May.
“One of the main reasons I pursued
medicine was to one day help the same
Bengali community that raised me, ”
Ahmed said. “I feel grateful for the opportunities
I had over the last decade
for being involved in various health
outreach projects for this community.
I hope to continue to be an advocate for
health and a helping hand for those in
need.”
Dr. Yuliana Toderika, a registered
pharmacist and faculty at Long Island
University supervised the event and
pharmacy students Manreet Uppal,
Tintu Yohannan and Darya Korenk-
Est. 1940
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