In Yelets opened a medical institute with a simulation center

In the Yelets State University named after I. A. Bunin, a medical institute was started, named in honor of academician Julia Dombrovskaya. The opening ceremony was attended by Deputy Governor of the Lipetsk region Sergey Kurbatov and Olga Beloglazova.

The Institute is equipped with a modern simulation center. There is an interactive Pirogov table and simulators for practicing medical skills, including training in childbirth.

Currently, the institution has 229 students, as well as 104 future specialists of secondary medical care. As Kurbatov noted, the region still needs primary care doctors and narrow specialists. At a meeting with students, he stressed that it is important for doctors to constantly improve their qualifications, and expressed confidence that graduates will be in demand in hospitals and polyclinics of the region.

The name of the institute was given in memory of Julia Dombrovskaya, a native of Yelets, an outstanding pediatrician and academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR. She graduated from the gymnasium with a gold medal, while studying conducted a study on the pathogens of plague and cholera, published in France. Dombrovskaya dedicated her life to pediatrics, created a scientific school and trained about 40 candidates and doctors of science. She also won the Lenin Prize.