December 17, 2020
Kedous Mekbib, Third-year YSM MD student
NHP student leaders and medical advisors, Front, from left to right: Alexandra Mountford (YSN ’21), Kedous Mekbib (YSM ’22), Dr. Robin Whittemore (YSN), Kathy Doan (YSN ’21), Daniel Jacobs (YSM ’21), and Jessica Ainooson (YSPH ’22). Back, from left to right: Dr. Paul Genecin (YSM) and Dr. Jeffrey Bender (YSM).
From left to right: Evelyn Cortes (YSN ’21), Riana Nicolaysen (YSN ’23), and Stephanie Mora-Hernandez (YSN ’21)
When third-year Yale School of Medicine (YSM) student Kedous Mekbib tested a New Haven community member’s blood sugar while volunteering with the Neighborhood Health Project (NHP), he saw the levels were dangerously high. Mekbib also observed that the individual displayed symptoms of hyperglycemia. Mekbib and a faculty attending encouraged the individual to go to the emergency room, but the individual was hesitant because of concerns about the cost of an ambulance. Mekbib says NHP paid for an Uber, to ensure the individual received the immediate medical help he needed.