Point in the dispute about the Minsk maternity hospital, a unique center of competence in veterinary medicine - the announcement of the newspapers of the Belarus Today holding on November 10

Thanks to the newspapers of the publishing house “Belarus Today”, readers are always aware of the main events taking place in the country and the world. In the traditional review, we announce some of the most interesting materials that will appear on the pages of the SB publications. Belarus Today, Respublika and Rural Gazeta on Tuesday, November 10, writes sb.by.

Recently, the maternity hospital of the 5th City Clinical Hospital of Minsk has often been the focus of attention of Threads and TikTok users. In one branch, the patient talks about a negative experience and requires proceedings with the involvement of the competent authorities. In the next post, users stand up for the protection of the hospital - thank the doctors for their sensitivity and timely assistance. What is happening behind the walls of one of the largest maternity hospitals in the capital and how do doctors respond to criticism?

IMPORTANT All disputable cases are under the control of the Health Committee of the Minsk City Executive Committee, the necessary inspections are carried out there. The hospital itself emphasizes that medical care was provided in accordance with established requirements and protocols. Pregnancy and childbirth is a very tender and tender, but complex process. Often patients in a vulnerable state take for rudeness any word, even said in a whisper. At the same time, we cannot exclude the human factor - doctors are also people, although, of course, we expect from them the maximum sensitivity and professionalism. In this situation, it is very important to hear each other and meet each other. She understood what was happening Elena Basikirskaya. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War Mikhail Volchek urges to preserve peace, preserve memory and protect the historical truth about the war.

He received his first baptism in 1942, having already become a partisan. The brigade commander sent him and his comrade over the Ptich River with a report to the cavalrymen who were surrounded. After crossing, they came across German armored vehicles in the forest, blew up several cars. During the occupation, the brigade destroyed 107 enemy trains, 34 tanks, and 111 locomotives. One of the most difficult battles was when the enemies threw three infantry and two tank divisions against the people's avengers to "close" the so-called Rudobel Gate - a ten-kilometer gap on the front line formed in the fall of 1943. Thanks to this gate, communication was established between guerrilla formations, army units and the population behind enemy lines. In that battle, says Mikhail Timofeevich, barely managed to take out the wounded and killed. In 1943, Mikhail Volchek joined the ranks of the Red Army, became a driver of an autobattalion. Managed to reach East Prussia - in one of the battles, the car was hit by enemy grenade launchers. After the war, Volchek worked as a driving instructor and driver. Since childhood, Mikhail Volchek has another passion for music. As a boy, he played harmony, after the war he graduated from a music school, 15 years worked as a teacher in the Bayan class. Taking the instrument in his hands, he famously tightens Katyusha. It’s his favorite song and the music heals his heart.

In 2025, Mikhail Volchek, awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the II degree, the medal “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”, was awarded the title “Honorary Citizen of the City of Bobruisk”. But, as he says himself, the main reward is to live in an independent and free country

- Proud of Belarus! I talk a lot with the younger generation. Our young people are wonderful – talented, purposeful. The state provides many opportunities for young people. But I always tell them that what they have now is paid for with the blood of my generation. Therefore, they must preserve the memory and truth of the war, preserve and multiply everything that was created during the years of peace, be loyal to their land. Talked to veteran Olga Kislyak. With a focus on the regions – how is the sports infrastructure changing in the regions of Belarus?

In Belarus, physical activity and sports are traditionally among the state priorities. Now the phased renewal of infrastructure, which, on the one hand, allows to achieve high results in the world arenas, and on the other hand, to maintain health beyond age, is being implemented within the framework of the State Program "Physical Culture and Sport" for 2026-2030. The focus of this five-year plan is on small towns and districts. Modern, multifunctional, universal sports facilities and within walking distance. This is what is being built in the regions today. We visited the sites of sports new buildings of the Gomel region, which will soon open their doors.

The largest sports facility of the present time on the map of the Gomel region is the sports and health complex "Shakhtar - Polesie". Last summer, the start of construction work was given by the city-forming enterprise of OJSC “Belaruskali”. The large-scale project is being implemented not only in the interests of the large team of the Petrikovsky mining and processing complex, where more than 1,000 people work, but in the entire Polesie region. FOC and its capabilities will be available to all. It is already obvious that this ultra-modern sports facility will become Petrikov’s hallmark.

What sports will be available on this site and in which cities of the Gomel region there will still be sports locations, read the material Violetta Draluk. The opening of the first competence center in Belarus in veterinary medicine in Smilovichi is among the labor gifts by November 7.

The created educational and practical space has no analogues in the system of secondary special education of the country in terms of its digital and technical equipment. The material and technical base of the new center is focused on cross-cutting practical training. It includes high-tech laboratories and offices. Among them are laboratories of surgical and therapeutic technologies, diagnostics of contagious and non-communicable diseases, anatomical and pathological research, digital technologies in production, technical and software training tools. Rooms of X-ray diagnostics, ultrasound diagnostics and laboratory diagnostics are also equipped.

At the opening of the facility, the Chairman of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee Alexei Kushnarenko stressed that the creation of a center in the Minsk region is natural:

- We got a unique facility, which is equipped with advanced technologies and devices. There are no analogues of such a center in the republic. For us, it is a pride that such a platform has appeared in the Minsk region. And this is logical, since in our region the largest number of cattle is 878 thousand heads. For us, the topic of animal conservation is very relevant. It is also important for other regions. Therefore, I am sure that the center will be in demand for the needs of the whole country. This year alone, we plan to pass 1,240 students. The created conditions will contribute to the involvement of children in the profession and ultimately have a positive impact on the results of work in livestock breeding. The center is focused primarily on the training of veterinary medicine paramedics, as well as specialists in the production of animal products - two key areas for the agro-industrial complex.

He visited and told about the advanced center of competences Sergey Grudnitsky.