Rector of Vitebsk Medical University awarded the international order "Winged Lion"

September 12, Vitebsk /Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Rector of Vitebsk State Medical University Valery Deikalo has been awarded the international Order of the Winged Lion for his merits in the revival of the Fatherland, BELTA correspondent reports.

The award was established by the International League for the Development of Science, Education, Culture and Sports, which includes representatives from over 50 states. Presenting the order to the university rector in Vitebsk today, President of the public organization-founder of the award Anatoly Yezhov noted that this is how the organization's international experts decided to recognize the merits of the Vitebsk university and Valery Deikalo personally as its head. According to Anatoly Yezhov, this primarily concerns the merits and achievements of Valery Deikalo and the team he leads in the development of medical and pedagogical sciences, in the education of the younger generation, and in public and international activities.

"The main thing that possessing such an order gives is prestige and moral satisfaction from the realization that your efforts and work are duly appreciated," Anatoly Yezhov is confident. Among those awarded the Order of the Winged Lion are representatives of various fields, including former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, economist Nikolai Petrakov, rectors of BSPU and BSUIR, and in the near future, the founders of the order intend to honor the merits of the three-time Olympic champion, the famous Belarusian wrestler Alexander Medved with the Winged Lion.

Valery Deikalo thanked the international organization for the high appraisal of the work of the entire team of the medical university and expressed hope that this award will contribute to strengthening cooperation with colleagues from other countries and ultimately to the development and advancement of the Vitebsk medical university.-0-