«Honorary Donor of St. Petersburg» badge awarded at the Presidential Library for the first time

On the eve of the Medical Worker Day and on the World Donor Day today, on June 14, 2018, the first "Honorary Donor of St. Petersburg" honorary badge was awarded at the Presidential Library. These two dates were united not accidentally. As it was noted at the event, "who may know better than doctors about the close relationship between blood donation and medicine. Only a donor at the right moment can give a doctor a remedy for healing a person, and in the hands of a doctor the donor’s gift saves the patient. "

"Honorary Donor of St. Petersburg" badge was given to Tamara Belozyorova, an employee of the Center of Social Services for Population of Admiralteysky District, St. Petersburg.

In our country, blood donation has always been an honorable distinctive feature of a person, unveiling his personal qualities, unselfishness and selflessness. Svetlana Shtukova, the Head of Administration of St. Petersburg's Admiralteysky District, said: "This solemn hall of the Presidential Library is worthy of you. Because you are extraordinary people."

In addition, "Help and Charity" honorary badge, "Person of the Year" badge of Admiralteysky district of St. Petersburg, the honorary badge "For Services to the Admiralteysky District", the certificates of honor of Admiralteysky District Administration of St. Petersburg for active donation, certificates of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg were awarded on that day as well.

The vice-governor of St. Petersburg Anna Mityanina noted: "Today we honor those people who contribute to the glory and honor of the health care in St. Petersburg. We may pride ourselves on the figures in our reports. But behind the numbers there is the daily painstaking hard work of medical workers. "

It is not by accident that this event was held at the Presidential Library. It was here, that the leading experts of the industry had gathered to discuss medical issues more than once. In particular, within the framework of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Presidential Library hosted a round table "The Pharmaceutical Industry. How to ensure growth and innovation." The Presidential Library also hosted the final conference focused on the three-year Russian-Guinean cooperation, at which the epidemiologists of both countries summed up the results of the joint struggle against the Ebola virus and other dangerous tropical infections.

In addition, future medical workers in St. Petersburg gained access to the unique holdings of the Presidential Library. Due to the signed cooperation agreement, the electronic reading room of the Presidential Library was opened in the Medical College under the Department of Presidential Affairs of the Russian Federation.