Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin presented state awards to doctors. This is stated in a message published on Thursday, October 22, on the government website.
“In your person I would like to thank all doctors, all medical workers – people who take care of our health every day, for choosing medicine as the work of their lives and giving it all your energy, knowledge and time,” Mishustin said at the award ceremony … According to him, the profession of a doctor is very important and difficult.
The awards were received by the President of the Bakulev National Medical Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Leo Bokeria, and the General Director of the Mother and Child Group of Companies, Mark Kurtser.
Bockeria was awarded the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, first degree, and Kurtser received the Order of Service to the Fatherland, second degree, from Mishustin’s hands.
The Order of Alexander Nevsky was awarded to the director of the Medical Scientific and Educational Center of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Armais Kamalov, the Pirogov Order – to the pulmonologist of the University Clinical Hospital No. 4 of the I.M.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Sergei Avdeev, the chief physician of the Central clinical hospital with a polyclinic of the president’s affairs manager Nikolai Vitko, rector of the First St. Petersburg State Medical University named after academician I.P. Pavlov Sergei Bagnenko, TASS notes.
The medal of Luka Krymsky, established by the President of Russia in honor of all medical workers and volunteers, was awarded to the paramedic of the mobile brigade of the Scientific and Practical Center for Emergency Medical Aid Sergey Bulanov, the driver of an ambulance car at the Domodedovo ambulance station Oleg Dubov, midwife of the maternity ward of the Balashikha maternity hospital Olesya Karasenko Petersburg and Yakutia Ekaterina Mironova and Ekaterina Savvinova.
27 medical professionals received awards.
Earlier in October, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted 50 doctors with certificates of honor and gratitude for the fight against coronavirus infection.