Medical personnel of the Infectious Diseases Department of the Children's City Hospital with the Perinatal Center has been renewed with young specialists
Read more about how they came to the profession, how they work in a team and what difficulties they have to face:
Milyausha Varlamova, ward nurse of the Infectious Diseases Department of the Children's City Hospital with a Perinatal Center.
"I always dreamed of being a nurse, but I didn't have the opportunity to enroll right after school. My mother raised us alone. I didn't have enough points for the "budget place". In 2016, when I was already married and had a child, I learned that the medical college has an evening course. My mother-in-law, who is a doctor, an obstetrician-gynecologist, taught there at that time and, knowing about my dream, and she offered to try. I immediately set off and enrolled. Then I gave birth to a second child and, while I was on maternity leave, I graduated. In 2020, I graduated from college and got a job here, in the Infectious Diseases Department. I always thought that I would not work with children. For some reason, I was afraid, but now I realized that it was in vain. At first, I was afraid that I would bring some infection home to my young children. But I have been working here for six months, including in the "red zone", and everything is fine. We strictly observe all precautions."
Rustam Gafiyatullin, ward male nurse of the Infectious Diseases Department of the Children's City Hospital with a Perinatal center.
"I graduated from college in 2020, in February I started actively looking for a job and found it here. In the first days it was difficult, there were lot of things that you don't know at all, that you didn't learn. Working with documentation, for example. Another feature of working here is that it is difficult to explain to children why they are being hurt. They are in pain and start to scream. Such moments are not easy, but you need to remember that you are helping the child, treating him. Adult colleagues are very helpful. Everything is explained, and you can ask for advice at any time. Gratitude and respect for such people."
Roman Meshcheryakov, ward male nurse of the Infectious Diseases Department of the Children's City Hospital with a Perinatal Center.
"My whole family works at the factory. I thought I would also enroll to the 44th school, to work as an apparatchik. But after the 9th grade, I had a desire to spend my life with medicine. I enrolled to college to study nursing. Probably because I was a sickly child, I got used to hospitals from childhood. I talked a lot with doctors and nurses. And here I am. I am absolutely fine working with children. It is more difficult, I guess, with the older generation. And with children, there are always parents who help doctors to carry out treatment and do the necessary manipulations. There are, of course, mischievous kids. But in practice, in therapy, once for half an hour, three medical workers tried to give a sedative injection to a violent man. So with children now definitely not scary. Naturally, there are difficult shifts, when 5 children arrive per night. But this is my conscious choice."