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Plaid urges debt cut for students fighting Covid-19
MEDICAL students moving prematurely into hospitals to help the fight against coronavirus should have part of their student debt scrapped, Plaid Cymru demanded this morning.
The party’s shadow minister for health Rhun ap Lorwerth claimed the move would serve as recognition of the “invaluable contribution” medics have made on the front line.
The call follows an announcement by the Welsh government last week that final-year medics, nurses and midwives will be brought into paid roles in the NHS to deal with the crisis.
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