MEDICAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600240234-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 234
• Publication Date: July 14, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
LATVIAN MEDICAL IISTITUTIONS, W(IiffiLS SCOEHD
1. Ul'yanov, Deputy Chief,
Adm Dept; Can Cc?,
Comdunist Party (b), Riga
Tha Soviet system has instituted many Imdicnl enterprisev which verb
heretofore unknown in bourgeois Latvia. The budget for medical enterprises
increases every year. Doctors and piddle medical personnel are improving their
qualifications. Under the present system, improvement is still necessary to
.are for the laboring class. Problems related to this field were Giscuesed
at a recent conference of the Central Committee of the Commu iet Party. At
the same time, the operation of Latvian hospitals, polyclinics, and various
medical institutions was investigated. IIany deficiencies were brought to
light in this investigation.
It was found that a large part of the hospitals and medical institutions
were below established standards in various respects. In most of the cases
was found that doctors did not give proper attention to their patients.
Moreover, they were aloof in their relationships with middle medical personnel
and did not assist them with their problems. Frequently, doctors were careless'
In diagnoses. Laboratory facilities were not being utilized IL all oases,
and there was no consultation or specialists. The program for the unification
of he:plte. e ---d polyoli_nlos progressed slowly and Inefficiently.
The inveatibuticn also revealed that the majority of medical institutions
had no effective budgetary control and that records were not kept of funds
spent. For example, at the First Riga Clinical Hospital, unauthorised
spending amounted to many thousands of rubles.
It was further determined that the relationship between the various medical
enterprises and the Latvian Ministry of Health was very poor. It is the
responsibility of the Ministry to see that Latvian doctors carry out the
Party line. Frequently those -Doctors, who have for so long labored under the
misoonseptions of bourgeois rule, failed to adopt the unexcelled achievement:
of Soviet medical science.
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On the other hand, there are many hundreds of medical workers who are
earnestly studying theMaxxist-Lenin doctrine and are putting it into practice.
One hundred and six doctors,-- deputies ,of local soviets -- are actively
participating inthe work of etannyng committees of health. However, it mat
be admitted that much ideo?.ogical-politlea1 instruction is necessary before
Latvian doctors became fully appreciative of the benefits of Soviet rule.
Party organizations of
many Latvian medical institut..ons are not active enorgh.
For example, the Party organization at the First Rigs and Children's Clinical
Tospital`is not concerned about the quality of medical aidbeing'given the
patients. Thus, it i.sup to the vrteious Party organizations to assist the lase
adept doctors to find the Party line and abide by it.
The Central' Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia has charmed tie
various it.nerantand municipal Partyccmmittees to carry out;a more intensive
program for contr?l of medical workers. They are to conduct frequent meetings,
at which medical workers should submit reports regarding the state of medical
aid and public health in Latvia.
One of the morL imyortent'projects:is a general over-all improvement
of the qualifications of Latvian medical workers. The Central Gommixtee
urges that greater use be made of eohocs for advancement, as well as
specialists clinics. The Ministry of Health, as well as the various health,,,,
departments, is charged with the duty of increasing the number of middle medical
perecjael. There must be intensive programs to acquaint the Latvian medical
worker with the aohiivesmrnte of Soviet medical science. There is a serious
lack of Soviet.medical literature in-iatvia, a condition that will be remedied
in the very near future. It is the responsibility of W Ministry of Health to
one that the largest possible amount of Soviet literature is translated into Latvian.
Much remains to be done in the field of spidemiological and sanitation
work in cities, and particularly in rural communities. The agricultural
picture is gradually changing and many hundreds of new kolkhozes are being
organized.
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