A surgeon from Vitebsk became a laureate of the "Doctor of the Year of the Republic of Belarus" competition
The best representatives of the medical community were honored at the Palace of the Republic: on the eve of Medical Worker's Day, the winners and laureates of the "Doctor of the Year" competition were announced.
Thousands of doctors from all over the country gathered in the hall of the Palace of the Republic to congratulate their colleagues – the winners and laureates of the professional competition "Doctor of the Year". The winner of the competition was general practitioner Tamara Stakan, and the laureates were surgeon Alexander Sятковский and general practitioner Irina Buzenkova.
Thousands of doctors from all over the country gathered in the hall of the Palace of the Republic to congratulate their colleagues – the winners and laureates of the professional competition "Doctor of the Year". The winner of the competition was general practitioner Tamara Stakan, and the laureates were surgeon Alexander Sятковский and general practitioner Irina Buzenkova.
"Doctor, you are simply a magician!" — often hears Alexander Sятковский, head of the department of surgical hepatology and transplantation at the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Hospital. He is an excellent healthcare professional of Belarus, holder of the honorary title "Person of the Year of Vitebsk Region" and, of course, an innovative doctor who has introduced quite a few unique modern surgical techniques in the region.
A doctor with golden hands and an open heart is confident that the professionalism of medics should be complemented by the positive attitude of patients. An ideal tandem contributes to a favorable outcome even in the most complex operations. Over his 20-year practice, Alexander Sятковский has had many of them. Including debut ones for the Vitebsk region. One only needs to recall the laparoscopic resection of the pancreas. Or the first kidney transplantation in the region. The doctor performed it in 2015, following the master class shown by colleagues from the Minsk Scientific and Practical Center for Surgery, Transplantology and Hematology. Today, the region performs from 15 such transplants per year, the interlocutor says:
— Each one is unique in its own way, but they are united by one thing: patients begin a completely new, full life. Provided they take their medication regularly, they can travel freely, make long-term plans... This is a freedom that is hard to overestimate.
The youngest patient of the doctor was a 26-year-old guy with a congenital kidney pathology. A similar diagnosis later led his sister to the operating table. Now this family is doing well. Many of his patients are like family to Alexander Rostislavovich — they congratulate him on holidays, share news. Among the recent joyful news is that young women who have successfully undergone transplantation have become mothers of healthy babies.
Sometimes, one needs to guide a person to freedom from pain. To take them by the hand in a friendly way, and with words — to their soul. This is especially true for patients with tumors, Alexander Sятковский reasons:
A doctor with golden hands and an open heart is confident that the professionalism of medics should be complemented by the positive attitude of patients. An ideal tandem contributes to a favorable outcome even in the most complex operations. Over his 20-year practice, Alexander Sятковский has had many of them. Including debut ones for the Vitebsk region. One only needs to recall the laparoscopic resection of the pancreas. Or the first kidney transplantation in the region. The doctor performed it in 2015, following the master class shown by colleagues from the Minsk Scientific and Practical Center for Surgery, Transplantology and Hematology. Today, the region performs from 15 such transplants per year, the interlocutor says:
— Each one is unique in its own way, but they are united by one thing: patients begin a completely new, full life. Provided they take their medication regularly, they can travel freely, make long-term plans... This is a freedom that is hard to overestimate.
The youngest patient of the doctor was a 26-year-old guy with a congenital kidney pathology. A similar diagnosis later led his sister to the operating table. Now this family is doing well. Many of his patients are like family to Alexander Rostislavovich — they congratulate him on holidays, share news. Among the recent joyful news is that young women who have successfully undergone transplantation have become mothers of healthy babies.
Sometimes, one needs to guide a person to freedom from pain. To take them by the hand in a friendly way, and with words — to their soul. This is especially true for patients with tumors, Alexander Sятковский reasons:
— They sigh: "It's all useless." But you insist. When the person eventually recovers, the emotions overflow. You feel that you are proudyou are ready to move on, a hundred percent reboot is underway. Some will call it obsession with their work. But I am sure, a doctor should be obsessed in a good way. Especially since surgery is a fascinating field, which can and should be explored throughout life.
Alexander Siyatkovsky has never regretted his choice of profession. After the ninth grade, he entered a medical college, graduated with honors, and got a job as a nurse at the then Vitebsk railway hospital. He did not leave it, even when he became a student of a medical university. During the day - in lectures, in the evenings and on weekends - on duty. It was a difficult but happy time, the doctor recalls:
— It was then that I set a goal to get into surgery. Internship at the regional hospital confirmed: my path is the right one. I have been following it for 30 years, if we take medical college as a starting point. My parents are teachers, and I am the first, but not the only doctor in the family. My wife Tatyana is an operating room nurse in my department. My daughter Liza is a third-year student at Vitebsk Medical University. Another daughter, Tanya, is a future economist, she has completed her first year at Belarusian State University. And the youngest, Sofia, is just starting the third grade.
By the way, when Dr. Siyatkovsky's wife was hospitalized with a diagnosis of COVID-19, Alexander Rostislavovich was among those who helped her recover. The ordeal with COVID is long over. The doctor optimistically expects only good things from the future:— For example, the construction of a new operating and resuscitation unit at our hospital. It will be a super-modern module, equipped with the latest medical technology."SB"