Saint Petersburg Medico-Social Institute

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On June 14, students of the St. Petersburg Medical and Social Institute held a donation campaign at a blood transfusion station and became participants in a city event dedicated to World Blood Donor Day.

The word "donor" itself comes from the Latin "danare" – to give, because donors often give others not only blood, but also life. Donation saves thousands of people every day, but every year more and more free blood is needed. Transfusion helps to prolong life, is an integral part of some surgical procedures, during natural disasters and catastrophes.

When is it customary to celebrate a holiday?
The date of the celebration of the World Blood Donor Day, fixed since 2005. It is celebrated annually on June 14th.

📌The history of the holiday!
On June 14, 2004, the first Donor Day was held, and a year later the holiday was approved at the 58th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, having acquired a permanent date. June 14 was not chosen by chance, on this day the Austrian physician and immunologist Karl Landsteiner (1868-1943) was born, who in 1930 received the Nobel Prize for the discovery of human blood groups.
Donor Day is designed to draw the attention of society to the problems of blood shortage and its diseases. Every year, a specific theme is chosen for Donor Day, within which festive and educational events are held.

❓🤓How do I become a blood donor?
According to the legislation of the Russian Federation, a capable person who is a citizen of the Russian Federation, or foreign citizens legally residing in the territory of the Russian Federation for at least one year, or stateless persons who have reached the age of 18, who have expressed a voluntary desire to donate blood and (or) its components, who have passed a medical examination and have no contraindications, can become a donor.

👍😃If you are ready to donate blood and fit the above categories of citizens, then your next steps are as follows:

Choose a medical facility where you will donate blood and/or its components;
👉Undergo examinations with a transfusiologist, according to the results of which he will give you recommendations;
Sign up for a donation (blood donation) by phone or through the institution's website.

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Today, on April 29, as part of a practical lesson in the discipline of clinical surgical dentistry, under the guidance of senior lecturer of the department Maxim Vladimirovich Belov, students practiced the skills of performing incisions, peeling off the muco-periosteal flap, tunnel method of closing gum recession and suturing.

Students of the 523 group thank the management of the SPBMS Institute for the opportunity to conduct such classes and for all possible support in organizing today's master class!

On April 25 and 26, sixth-year students majoring in Medicine took part in the VI International Student Olympiad on Medical Rehabilitation and Sanatorium treatment, which was held as part of the VI International Scientific and Practical Conference of Students and Young Scientists "Modern aspects of medical rehabilitation and sanatorium treatment". The events were held on the basis of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

Our institute was represented by Olga Ponomareva (604 gr.), Ekaterina Babskikh (604 gr.), Elena Shutova (604 gr.), Natalia Melnikova (604 gr.) and Ekaterina Shvyrova (604 gr.).

The participants of the Olympiad solved problems in the field of physical therapy, sports medicine and traumatology, physiotherapy, neurology, anatomy, and biomechanics. The team of our institute coped with everything, demonstrated excellent training and deep theoretical knowledge.

The scientific program of the conference was devoted to the use of natural healing resources, non-drug methods and psychological correction in sanatorium treatment and medical rehabilitation.

Congratulations to our students and their supervisor, senior lecturer of the Department of Social Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy Natalia Alexandrovna Leshchenko, on their successful performance at the Olympiad, and Olga Ponomareva, Natalia Melnikova and Elena Shutova – on the third place for the report at the scientific conference!