On October 17, 2023, a meeting of the board of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee was held at the State Healthcare Institution “Vitebsk City Central Clinic”. The following issues were discussed at the meeting:

On October 16, 2023, as part of the Week of Parental Love, the VSMU delegation took part in the award ceremony for the winners and laureates of the Republican competition “The Sanctity of Birth,” which was held at the Institute for Advanced Training and Retraining of Healthcare Personnel of the Belarusian State Medical University (Minsk). The award ceremony was held by  Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus Veniamin, Minister of Health of the Republic of Belarus Dmitry Pinevich, Chairman of the Board of the Charitable Foundation for the Support of Family, Motherhood and Childhood “Pokrov” Andrei Zubenko. The republican competition “The Sanctity of Birth” is being held in our country for the first time; its goal is to identify the best in their profession and encourage obstetricians-gynecologists, psychotherapists and psychologists of state health care organizations.

On October 15, 2023, the Hindu religious festival “Navaratri Puja” took place in the assembly hall of hostel No. 2. The event was attended by students from Sri Lanka and India of different faiths. But elements of a common ancient culture united the students, and the spiritual atmosphere delighted everyone present. At the end of the holiday, the student organizers treated the crowd to national dishes called “Prasad”.

On October 11 – 13, 2023, the GrSMU hosted a table tennis tournament for the University Rector’s Cup. Students from all medical universities of our country took part in the event. VSMU was represented at the competition by the team of boys: Dmitry Gromov (6 MF), Andrey Zhilich (5 MF), Vladislav Postolov (3 MF), Ilya Kapitonov (3 SF) and the team of girls: Ekaterina Lavitskaya (5 PhF), Veronika Denisik (4 PhF ), Kristina Pogodkina (3 MF), Valeria Kayukalo (3 SF) led by coach Alexander Minin, senior lecturer of the Department of Physical Education at VSMU.

On October 14, 2023, the Palace and Park Marathon “Discovery Nesvizh” took place in Nesvizh, bringing together more than 300 sports and healthy lifestyle lovers. Participants had the opportunity to choose the race distance: 6 km, 18 km and 42.1 km. VSMU was represented at the competition by the 4th year students of the Faculty of Dentistry Konstantin Vodnev and Daniil Petochenko, who successfully completed the marathon distance of 42.1 km.

We are proud of our students!