This famous person was repeatedly recognized as "Russian of the Year" and "European of the Year". It can rightfully be considered a luminary of domestic medicine. Who are we talking about? Of course, about the doctor, last name, first name, patronymic, which is known all over the world. Roshal Leonid Mikhailovich He can be called from anywhere in the world, and he will definitely respond to help the children. And often you don’t have to ask him: Dr. Roshal himself offers his help. In critical situations, he is ready to quit everything and go to save people. This happened for the first time when an earthquake occurred in Armenian Spitak at the end of 1988. Hearing about the state of emergency, Dr. Roshal, who was present at the scientific conference, said that he would immediately go to the epicenter and asked his colleagues: “Who will follow my example?” Almost everyone agreed. A brigade was immediately formed, which is still traveling around our country in order to provide medical care to children. So Dr. Roshal became known throughout Russia.
However, the medic never chased fame. He received recognition solely for his outstanding performance.
Biography Facts
Roshal Leonid Mikhailovich -a native of the town of Livny, located in the Oryol region. He was born on April 27, 1933. His father was the commander of an aviation division, and therefore the family often moved from place to place, from one locality to another. Leonid's mother graduated from the working faculty. Parents prophesied the boy a military career. However, already in the fifth grade, he wrote that when he became an adult, he would "operate on appendicitis." In the pre-war years, the family lived in a small apartment in Moscow, in 1941 they had to move to Kubinka, near Moscow, and from there to Tatarstan. After the war, the future doctor Roshal, whose biography, of course, deserves separate consideration, changed more than one place of residence. Leonid Mikhailovich had to stay in Tula, Yaroslavl, Lyubertsy for some time.
After graduating from school in Chkalovsk (Moscow region), the young man chooses a medical path and enters MOLGMI them. N. I. Pirogov to the Faculty of Pediatrics.
Work activity
After graduating from high school in 1957, he goes to work as a district pediatrician, while not forgetting to engage in scientific activities.
As a result, Dr. Roshal, whose biography is notable for the fact that at the age of 31 Leonid Mikhailovich defended his Ph. D., received a degree relatively quickly for his efforts. In 1970, he already became a doctor of science.
In the period from 1961 to 1981, Dr. Roshal worked in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at a prestigious medical institution - MONIKI named after Vladimirsky. In the early 80s of the last century, his candidacy wasapproved for the position of head of the Department of Emergency Surgery and Childhood Trauma of the Research Institute of Pediatrics of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. In 1982, Dr. Leonid Roshal becomes a professor.
Since 1970, he has been appointed to the position of chief freelance pediatric pulmonologist of the Ministry of He alth of the Moscow Region.
In 1990, the children's doctor Roshal began to lead the International Committee for Aid to Children Affected by Catastrophes and Wars. He also headed the International Children's Charitable Foundation.
From 2003 to this day, Leonid Mikhailovich has been director of the Moscow Research Institute of Emergency Children's Surgery and Traumatology under the Moscow City He alth Department.
In 2007 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Help around the world
As already emphasized, the doctor's team travels around the world to help victims of man-made disasters, terrorist attacks, military conflicts.
In particular, the team of Leonid Mikhailovich rescued people after a railway accident near Ufa, an explosion of an industrial enterprise in Ust-Kamenogorsk. Members of the Roshal brigade repeatedly traveled to the war zones, namely: to Yugoslavia, Georgia, Abkhazia, Romania, Azerbaijan, Chechnya. They also provided assistance to victims of earthquakes that occurred in India, Egypt, Japan, Sakhalin Island, and Turkey. Particularly noteworthy is the participation of the Roshal brigade in helping the victims of the terrorist act that took place in 2002, on Victory Day, in Kaspiysk, Dagestan. Medicsimmediately went to the scene of the tragedy, and then they managed to save about 27 children.
Events at Dubrovka
During the terrorist act, Leonid Mikhailovich was one of the few whom the criminals let in and out of the besieged building. The doctor made every effort to help the victims. He managed to bring the child out of fainting, saved another boy from asthmatic suffocation and prevented the development of an epileptic attack, which the third hostage child was subject to.
Not only that! Dr. Roshal set up something like an operating room in one of the Nord-Ost toilets… Here he helped people with bullet and shrapnel wounds. The doctor also provided medical assistance to injured criminals. When it comes to the performance of professional duty, the boundaries between "our" and "them" patients are blurred. He made attempts to relieve the pain of all the victims in the hall, and outside the "Nord-Ost" provided moral support to their families and friends.
For the dedication and courage shown during the terrorist attack on Dubrovka, Leonid Mikhailovich was awarded the "National Hero" award.
Today, the clinic of Dr. Roshal (Research Institute of Emergency Children's Surgery and Traumatology, Moscow) provides qualified medical care to young patients. Parents of babies are immensely grateful to doctors for what they do.
Regalia and awards
Leonid Mikhailovich has a huge number of awards and regalia. Let's list some of them. He is a recipient of the Order of Merit forFatherland” of the fourth degree and the Order of Courage.
He received these awards for his enormous contribution to the development of medical science and for his dedication to saving people. Dr. Roshal also received the Defender of a Free Russia medal for being able to fulfill his civic duty in defending the constitutional order and democracy during the August 1993 coup.
Leonid Mikhailovich also has gratitude from the President of Russia, who in 2003 noted his contribution to the development of he althcare and medicine. Five years later, in 2008, he again receives gratitude from the head of state, but for his contribution to the development of civil society institutions and the protection of human rights and freedoms. In addition, he was awarded the medal "For the Glory of Ossetia" and the distinction "For Services to Moscow".
In 1996, the media said about Roshal that he is the doctor of the world.
Positions in domestic and international medical organizations
Leonid Mikhailovich takes an active part in public activities. He is a WHO expert, honorary president of SAMU SOCIAL INTERNATIONAL, a member of the British Association of Pediatric Surgeons, an honorary member of the Association of Pediatric Surgeons of Russia, a member of the executive committee of the Union of Pediatricians of Russia.
Private life
Dr. Roshal's family is a wife and son.
He divorced his first wife due to the fact that mutual understanding disappeared. However, Leonid Mikhailovich maintained friendly relations with her. His second wife is engaged in science. The doctor's son did not goin the footsteps of his father and chose the path of an entrepreneur. Roshal's granddaughter wants to become a psychologist. The “doctor of the world”, as he was dubbed by the “sharks of the pen”, regrets only one thing: that he has only one child.
A film about Roshal
The exploits of Leonid Mikhailovich are described in the documentary film "I'm not afraid of anything." Dr. Roshal firmly believes that the Lord God protects him in hot spots. He did not die when a bomb hit an ambulance in Yugoslavia, while Leonid Mikhailovich himself was driving at that time in a car following the ambulance. He also survived in Nagorno-Karabakh, when a shell hit the part of the house where the doctor examined the child's wounds.
“The main thing is to teach people how to provide first aid”
Leonid Mikhailovich considers it his duty to teach people who are familiar with the basics of first aid not to lose self-control, as well as to correctly and consistently perform all actions to save the patient's life. In half of the cases, the victims simply die due to the fact that people do not want to take responsibility for their fate until the ambulance arrives.
Dr. Roshal tirelessly repeats on television and in the press that it is necessary to create a high-quality system for training paramedics.
He is categorically against the total production in our country of films, the plots of which are saturated with blood, violence and cruelty.
The doctor really hopes that thanks to his efforts someday there will be an international organization of world first aid for children. One day heshared his plans with the staff of the non-governmental international organization Doctors Without Borders. However, they, unfortunately, ignored his initiative.
Today's days
Leonid Mikhailovich and today takes an active part in the life of the country. At the beginning of this year, he supported the idea of ending the military conflict in Donbass. As co-chairman of the All-Russian Union of Public Associations "Civil Society for the Children of Russia", he considers it his duty to help kids and teenagers who suffered in wars and disasters.
