Students of the Faculty of Medicine, UPJŠ organized the event “NO ELEVATORS DAY“

    Students of the Faculty of Medicine, UPJŠ organized the event called “NO ELEVATORS DAY” in the building of the Faculty of  Medicine, UPJŠ on Monday, November 11, 2019.
    Twenty medical students and ten students of the study programme Physiotherapy motivated their colleagues and faculty staff to exchange the use of elevators for healthier walking the stairs on the occasion of the European No Elevators Day. The aim was to promote walking the stairs as a simple and accessible physical activity and to motivate as many people as possible to prefer walking the stairs to the use of elevators. The event presented movement as a part of healthy lifestyle and was also aimed at preventing some serious diseases such as hypertension, diabetes or skin cancer.