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Tour leader,
Deb Lipsen (left) and nurse/traveler Judy Oakes, pose in front of an impressive
war memorial in St. Petersburg. This memorial represents the struggle to survive
the 900 day siege of St. Petersburg by the Germans during the second World War.
Over one million people, a third of the population of the city, died of
starvation or illness during the siege.
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Another
view of the war memorial in St. Petersburg. It is common for Russian newlyweds
to go to memorials and place flowers there for lost family and friends. Here,
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| Deb and Nate
Lipsen (center) tour a Nursing School in St. Petersburg with Irina Ivancovich
(left), nurse midwfe, student and friend, and the Director of the Nursing
Program. After Deb spoke to a group of physician instructors in the Nursing
School, we had tea, cakes, and fruit, followed by a facility tour. Irina will
graduate as a nurse midwife in 1998, however regulations are unclear as to the
parameters under which she will be able to practice.
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| Equipment at
the school is clean and neat, but old. It is typical of what is seen in
hospitals and clinics. The school appreciates donations of books and
periodicals, equipment (they particularly need a resusci-annie). They
are also very appreciative of health professionals from the United States who
are willing to lecture the staff and students on current issues in health care.
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Deb Lipsen,
tour leader, and Irina Ivankovich demonstrate with a model baby. Irina has been
a good friend since we met her on our first trip to Russia in 1992. She is a
nurse who has chosen to continue her education by studying nurse midwifery. She
is now delivering babies in a supervised setting.
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