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While most had time off during the holidays, the midwives in our maternity ward had their hands full. All babies due this Christmas were welcomed with opened arms.

The most outstanding employees were recognised at East Tallinn Central Hospital’s traditional end-of-year thanksgiving ceremony. During the 17th annual Employee of the Year competition, gastroenterologist–chief physician Dr Thomas Zimmerer was awarded the title of Doctor of the Year.

Dr Zimmerer has been working at the hospital since 2016 and has reorganised the work of the Centre of Endoscopy, systematised the registration of examinations and introduced referral for urgent examinations, organised the guidance of patients coming for examinations and a friendly social environment.

On 14 December, gynaecologist and chief physician Konstantin Ridnõi defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Implementation and effectiveness of new prenatal diagnostic strategies in Estonia” at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu. The supervisors of the doctoral thesis were Professor Katrin Õunap and Associate Professor Tiia Reimand.