A final-year medical student who volunteered to help out at the emergency department of one of Ireland’s busiest acute hospitals at the peak of the pandemic has won a prestigious award. Amy Brennan (22), a final-year medical student at University College Cork (UCC), has been awarded a Quercus Scholarship. The undergraduate scholarships are aimed at recognising remarkable academic and student achievement and are largely based on outstanding examination results. Amy, from Ballincollig in Cork, said she was thrilled with the award after her initial two-week stint of volunteering in Cork University Hospital (CUH) turned into a six-month stay. “Last March, when everyone realised the scale of the pandemic, I volunteered to help out at the emergency department at CUH,” Amy said.

Source: Irish Independent January 28, 2021 02:33 UTC