INFORMATION ON SOVIET SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL SOCIETIES

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• Publication Date: August 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY USSR
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Spravochnik Nauchnogo Rabotnika, Academy Medical Science USSR.
INFORMATION ON SOVIET
SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL SOCIETIES
The following data on Soviet scientific medical societies is taken from
a decree issued by the Ministry of Public Health USSR on 13 July 191+7?
Scientific medical societies of the USSR carry out the important func-
tions of unification of scientific workers of Soviet medicine, development
of large scale scientific-theoretical and practical medical problems, and
organization of public health.
Scientific medical societies did especially important work during World
War II, which contributed toward improving the treatment aenreceived b wounded
and sick soldiers and officers of the Red Army i i auatie a hospitals of
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People's Commissariat of Public Health USSR, and gle against infectious diseases.
At present, relative to the transition to peacetime conditions, scientif-
da: medical societies of the Soviet Union are confronted with new and responsi-
ble tasks such as eliminating the LaTtereffeetbr, of the war, and fulfilling the
Five-Year Plan of Reconstruction and Development of the National Economy of
the USSR in the field of public health.
The present charter for scientific medical societies is inadequate for
this work. The work of these scientific medical in societiesoistcharaca~inied
by lack of adequate planning
and trations; lack of sufficient contact with republic, and oblast scientific
h charter ton work.
medical. societies; digressions from
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and inadequate participation by specialists
Many scientific medical societies failed to center their attention on the
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evaluation of basic theoretical problems which had an actual bearing
theory and practice of public health and medical science during the inadequate
in regard The oiofcscientific medical okcieties nowledg 8amongptheepeople of the
in egard to popularization
Soviet Union.
The tremendous gthe need scientific scientific mthe edicalesocieties.
specialties suggests
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To insure more productive work by scientific medical societies and a
rapid solution of many urgent scientific-theoretical and scientific-practical
problems of Soviet medicine and public health, the Minister of Public Health
USSR decreed that:
1. The following organizational measures for scientific medical socie-
ties be put into effect:
a. Establish a special All-Union society with republic scientific medical
societies coming under its jurisdication.
b. Establish republic scientific medical societies with oblast and city
scientific medical societies coming under their jurisdiction.
c. Establish a single oblast, city, or rayon medical society, embracing
physicians of all specialties (in cases where special scientific medical socie-
ties exist in cities, such societies are subject to the laws of the city sci-
entific medical society, and at the same time, are subordinate to the adminis-
tration of the oblast or republic society).
2. All-Russian scientific medical societies and associations still in
existence be incorporated into corresponding All-Union scientific societies
and associations according to specialties. Their administrations are to be
combined with those of All-Union societies.
3. The direction of special All-Union societies be placed under IM
(Scientific Medical Council), Ministry of Public Health USSR; republic medi-
cal societies under UMSs, Union-Republic Ministries of Public Health; and
oblast and city scientific medical societies under oblast and city branches
of public health organizations.
4. The UMS, Ministry of Public Health USSR, and UMSs, Union-Republic
Ministries of Public Health, assume control, through the administrations of
All-Union and republic societies, of all republic, oblast and city scientific
medical societies by 1 October 1946, and in the future maintain direct contact
with and direction of their work.
5. The UMS, Ministry of Public Health USSR, and UMSs, Union-Republic Min-
istries of Public Health, be held responsible for providing, through the admin-
istrations of scientific medical societies, planned work, and periodic examina-
tion and approval of annual plans of their activity.
6. The presidiums of the UMS, Ministry of Public Health USSR, and the
UMSs, Union-Republic Ministries of Public Health, be held responsible for con-
ducting, through the administrations of scientific medical societies, re-regis-
tration of all society members by 1 October 1946, and issuing new and uniform
membership cards to all members of the scientific medical societies.
7. The administrations of republic, oblast, and city scientific medical
societies be held responsible for submitting annual reports to the general as-
sembly of society members and insuring annual re-election of society adminis-
trations.
8. The UMS, Ministry of Public Health USSR, be held responsible for the
preparation of a proposed schedule for convening the assemblies of societies
and the agenda for these assemblies jointly with the administrations of All-
Union societies. The aforementioned schedule and agenda are requested for the
period 1947 - 1948, and must be submitted to the Minister of Public Health
USSR for approval by 1 December 1946.
9. A Committee on the Direction of the Activity of Scientific Medical
Societies be formed within the UMS, Ministry of Public Health USSR.
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10. The above-mentioned committee be made responsible for the general
direction of the work of scientific medical societies, dividing them among
committee members according to groups; for the approval of reports on their
activity and annual plans for their work, the budget, and unification of the
activity of various societies in a joint discussion of basic theoretical and
clinical medical problems (according to specialties). The committee is fur-
ther directed to prepare, by 1 September 1946, the subject matter for joint
discussion by the various special societies, and outlines,of reports of socie-
ties to the presidium, UMS, Ministry of Public Health USSR.
11. The model charter for scientific medical societies and a sample of
a membership card for all societies appended to the decree, be approved.
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