Medical students’ stories
The RMBF supports talented medical students, who are facing hardship, to go on and qualify as doctors. Find out how our help made a difference
![Photo of Belal, a medical student who received help from the RMBF. He is a brown-skinned man with a full beard. In the picture, he's talking with a smile.](https://rmbf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/belal-web-01.jpg)
During my first year, I underwent a few health difficulties. I was losing blood on a daily basis for several months, and I was constantly feeling tired. Originally I planned to work during my early years at medical school, to make up the financial shortfall I was facing, but the ill health that I suffered meant that I couldn't work anymore. I was in a very desperate situation, didn't know who to turn to. So I did a few internet searches, and I came across the RMBF.Watch Belal’s story
![Picture of Victoria, a medical student who received help from the RMBF. She is a light-skinned woman with long red hair. She is talking to the camera, looking thoughtful.](https://rmbf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/victoria-web-01.jpg)
During the second year of my undergraduate degree, in the May, my mother passed away from lung cancer. And so all of the support system that I had in place when I applied for medicine two years beforehand had obviously changed. I was now a single parent looking after two small children, and having to financially support everyone. During the fourth year of my degree it had got to a point where the financial situation was so dire that I had to make a decision. I spoke to my educational supervisor and he suggested that I should contact the RMBF.Watch Victoria's story