SOCIOLOGICAL - PUBLIC HEALTH

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600241121-9
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1121
• Publication Date: August 19, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CEN AL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY' REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Sociological - Public health
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PUBLISHED Weekly newspaper
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PUBLISHED Moscow
DATE
PUBLISHED 27 Jul 1.949
LANGUAGE Russian
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REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED-INFORMATION
FURWRE TASKS OF MINISTRY
OF x1EALTH RSFSR~~I1IP ll
The personnel of the Ministry of Health RSSFSB and its affiliated agencies
convened in Moscow on 26 July 1949. The meeting was attended by members of all
the health departments of the republics and oblR.nts as well as representatives
of the larger medical institutes. Among the delegates attending were B. N. Chernousov,
chairman, Council of Ministers Rs?SR; T. M. Zuyeva, deputy chairman, Council of
Ministers RSFSR; V. I. Mayevekiy, deputy chief, health sector, Central C^mmittee,
Bolsha;rik Party; M. G. Anan'yev, Deputy Minister of Health USSR; T. Ye. Boldyrev,
Deputy Minister of Health USSR; and M. V. 111 Ina, chairman, Central Comaittee for
the Professional Union of Medical Workers.
The first report was read. by G. N. Beletakiy, Minister of Health RSFSR, who
described the future tasks of the Ministry, as follows:
From all indications, the Stalin Five-Year Plan for the reconstruction of the
LSFSR in respect to medical agencies is progressing magnificently.
Additional health problems are mounting along with a steady rise in the birth
rate and a steady decrease in the, infant mortality rate. One of the most pressing
problems facing h-~ai:.h personnel is the maintenance of the health of children within
the age group of one to 2 years. It is also necessary to reorganize the various
institutions dealing with children's diseases to promote further decrease in the
mortality rate. Much improvement can be made iii the method for caring for new-
born babies. Competent doctors should be assigned to maternity homes. The personnel
in baby clinics and consultation stations should be increased so that one doetrr and
tvo nurses i:'ill not have to handle more than 400 babies.
Many unsolved problems still exist in the field of treating traumata in children.
Much can still be accomplished in providing better medical aid to rural populations.
One of the first tasks will be to raise the qualifications of surgeons' aesistante
and obstetricians. It is also desirable that each hospital assistant's cost have
several beds for the isolation of patients with contagious diseases.
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The general organization and. performance of medical institutions in 1948
~a- vastly improved through measures suggested by the Ministry of Health USSR.
a cursory glance at the record reveals the fact that more than a third
the health its in rural communities are not equipped with dispensaries for
licd. patients. In the next few years, it will be necessary to establish this vital
bed space to permit an effective control of suppurative skin 'diseases and gastro-
intestinal diseases in children.. Part of the bed-space shorts can be solved
by more efficient utilization of the bed space available today.
Great changes have been brought about in the organization of rayon hospitals.'
do not have dispensaries. It is therefore vital that an expanded building program
for additional up-to-date medical institutions in rur?l caamtunities be undertaken
d!-:ng the next few years.
nedlcallpersonnel, assigning them to areas where they can serve best, It will
throughout the RSFSR. We must make sure that the ministries aZ vsrmoua ro x wu;
construction industries make every effort to supply sufficient material for the
the quality of medical aid available to the population of. the USSRd However, today
there are still more than 41 percent of the polyclinics and more than 19 percent of
the hospitals which remain ununited. It is necessary that an mediate survey be
conducted to determine further unification of polyclinics and hospitals to promote
optimum medical service.
There is yet another aspect of medical aid whic?' is in need of immediate attention.
It has been noticed that in many cases the doctor-patient relationship is not
harmonious. In spite of the increase in the number of doctors in various regions
(e.g., there has been an increase in Siberia and the Ural regions of one and one
hall o two times the prewar number of doctors), patients have not been getting any
better service.
It is necessary to mention that many of the medical institutions have not been
emphasizing the prophylactic aspect of their operations. This fault can be placed
squarely on the shoulders of the Min9stry and local health organizations. Much
can be ettributsd to the fact that incompetent personnel are assigned to the adminis-
tratiuns of local health organizations. Reports from the Ministers of Health from
various parts of the USSR reveal that this state is prsealent throughout the Soviot
Union. For example, In Arkhangel'ek Oblast more than a_% rsygn health units are being
governed by nonprofessional men. Fifteen rayon units in Altay fray are being adminis-
trated by people other than competent doctors. With such conditions, it is impossible
to achieve proper service.
There are various other shortcomings. Inspection of health enterprises and
organizations is negligible. There is a shortage of surgeons for treating trauma,
osteo-vascular tuberculosis, and urological disorders; tuberculosis therapists; and
physiotherapists in health resorts. There also appear to be several instances of
complete lack of conformance to the regulations for greater cooperation between various
agencies of the health network. Several cases of administrative incompetence have
also been reported. It was observed that Asaulyak of Stavropol' Fray and Vorontsov
of Bryansk Oblast were two members of the group of adainistrators who were most fre-
quently criticized for their bungling.
In conclusion, it is necessary to restate the fact that socialist competition is
one of the beat methods for achieving improved service, and therefore should not be
relaxed in any way.
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