Lipetsk surgeon Tengiz Ayba awarded the Order of Courage

The surgeon of the Lipetsk district hospital Tengiz Aiba received the Order of Courage for participation in a special military operation. The state award was awarded to the doctor after serving in the SVO zone in 2024-2025, Lilia Samoshina, Minister of Health of the Lipetsk region, said.

Tengiz Ayba was born in 1984 in the village of Agudzer of the Abkhaz ASSR. He received medical education at the Kuban State Medical University, where from 2000 to 2006 he studied medicine. Then he graduated from the residency of the N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Ambulance in the direction of "Surgery".

Over the years, the doctor worked in the Central Military Hospital of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Abkhazia, Gudauta and Crimean Central District Hospitals. Aiba has the status of a combat veteran. Previously, he was awarded medals “For saving the dead” and “For military valor”.