MAY 9 — DAY OF MEMORY AND PRIDE

The Tashkent State Institute of Advanced Training of Doctors, founded in 1932, made a significant contribution to the Great Victory.

In the war years of 1941–1945, the institute trained 5,485 doctors, sanitary workers and nurses for the front. By order of the People's Commissar of Health of Uzbekistan Yakub Karimbabevich Muminov, the institute building was transformed into an evacuation hospital - military hospital No. 3183. The training load was increased fivefold. Teachers and doctors not only taught, but also treated wounded soldiers, fought infectious diseases, and provided assistance to children, women and the elderly evacuated from the occupied territories.

One of the bright pages in the history of the institute is connected with the fate of Lidiya Vasil'evna Kelginbayeva (maiden name - Kiseleva). She came from the Voronezh Medical Institute and worked in hospital No. 3183. After the victory, she remained in Tashkent, taught at the institute and made a great contribution to the development of medical education. In the post-war years, the institute had an ophthalmology department under the leadership of professor, participant of the Second World War, Mahammadjon Komilov. Her scientific and pedagogical activities left a deep mark on our national medicine.

After the Victory, the Tashkent Institute of Advanced Training of Doctors was awarded the “Order of the Red Banner of Labor”. Such a high title was not awarded to every higher education institution. This award was a recognition of the institute’s great services to the front and the Victory. This is not an ordinary title - it expresses the courage, spiritual strength and professionalism of the heroes in white coats.

Today, the legal successor of the institute is the Center for the Development of Professional Qualifications of Medical Workers. The Center, headed by Professor Khabibullo Ataullaevich Akilov, conducts historical and medical research on the generations of doctors who served at the front, their courage and contribution to the Victory.

We honor the heroes. We preserve the memory. We continue the traditions.

Happy Victory Day!

Honor the soldiers in white coats - doctors!