The Russian doctor Andrei Zhigalo has been awarded the Order of Friendship of South Ossetia
The meeting of the President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov with a traumatologist-orthopedist, hand surgeon Andrey Zhigalo took place in Tskhinval as part of his working visit to participate in the International Medical Conference.
On Friday, Andrey Zhigalo, together with his colleagues, performed more than 50 hand surgery operations on South Ossetian patients on a free basis.
The President has expressed his gratitude for the work he has been doing in South Ossetia for more than a year and presented him with the state award of the Republic - the Order of Friendship.