In the Smolensk region, patients chose the best doctors and nurses

The Tenishev Center hosted a ceremony of awarding the winners of the regional action “For happiness to live thank you!”. As part of this event, the best representatives of the health sector of the Smolensk region were chosen directly by the residents of the region. People expressed their gratitude to doctors, nurses and chief doctors, leaving warm words on special postcards.

This initiative, first implemented in 2017, functions as a public rating of medical workers in the region. The organizers of the process are the Public Chamber of the Smolensk region and the regional organization “Medical Chamber” with the assistance of the local branch of the Trade Union of Health Workers of the Russian Federation.

In total, the Public Chamber received more than 4,000 thanks from Smolensk. In the city of Smolensk, the winners were determined in four nominations. The title of the best nurses was given to Svetlana Prudnikova, the chief nurse of the regional psychiatric hospital, and Natalia Zakharova from the drug dispensary.

In the category "Best district doctor" the winner was the therapist of the city polyclinic Tatiana Shevtsova. And the title of the best doctor of the year, according to patients, was won by Elena Simakina, who heads the AIDS Prevention and Control Center.

Commenting on the event, the Chairman of the Public Chamber of the Smolensk region Denis Pestunov stressed that for any doctor, the highest award is sincere words of gratitude from patients.