“For the courage and dedication shown in the performance of professional duty in extreme conditions, to reward the employees of the clinic of cardiac surgery of the federal state budgetary educational institution of higher education“ Amur State Medical Academy ”, - the text of the document reports to TASS.
The Pirogov Order was awarded to the chief physician Alexander Korotkikh, the head of the department Viktor Nikitin, physicians Georgy Kondratov, Valentin Filatov, Alexander Filippov, Stanislav Fuks.
The Luka Krymsky medal was awarded to nurses Elena Andrievskaya, Nadezhda Naurshina, Angelica Khorsak and nurse Irina Hanganu.
On April 2, a fire broke out in the building of the cardiac surgery center in Blagoveshchensk.
The cause of the emergency was a violation of the electrical wiring.
An operation was underway at the center at the time of the incident.
The doctors, risking their own lives, saved the patient and successfully completed the operation.
The head physician of the clinic told how the patient's heart surgery was performed during the fire.
Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko thanked the selfless doctors of Blagoveshchensk on behalf of the country's Ministry of Health.