HEALTH ADVANCES PLANNED IN POLAND; REPORT ON EAST GERMAN SANITORIUMS

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August 18, 1950
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/31: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600330773-7 CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL uilv~f I. nWER.TIAL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD O. COUNTRY Poland; Soviet Zone Germany SUBJECT Sociological -. Public health HOW PUBLISHED Daily and irreg newspapers, semimonthly periodical WHERE PUBLISHED Katowice; Berlin DATE PUBLISHED 15 Feb - 13 Jun 1950 LANGUAGE Polish; German THIS DOCUNINT CONTAINS INFORMATION ATTICTINI Tml NATIONAL DAINSs O/ TNl OIIITII STATIS 017011 TIS MIAMIMS OT ISPIONASI ACT NO N. S. C.. SI AND II. Al ANINO{0. ITS TITANS MISSION ON THIN NITIIATION TO AN F THIS FORM II I1OMIIITIU. O SNOB 5111100 NI TLAW 10 Ally MANMR IIS11000CTION O DATE OF INFORMATION 1950 DATE DIST. /' Aug 1950 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. SOURCE Newspapers and periodical as indicated. HEALTH ADVANCES PLANNED IN POLAND; REPORT ON EAST GERMAN SANITORIUMS TREATMENT OF RHEUMATISM -- Swiat i Zycie, No 17, 23 Apr 50 According to the State Rheumatological Institute, at least three percent of the population, or approximately 720,000 persons in Poland, suffer' from rheumatism. Of this number at least 578,000 should be receiving treatment in health resorts. The total would include 274,000 bed-ridden patients (treated over 2-3 months periods) and 300,000 ambulatory cases (treated over 3-4 month periods). At present, there are eight health resorts equipped for rheumatic treat- ment located in Busko, Ciechocinek, Cieplice, Polczyn, Ladek, Swieradow., Dusz- niki, Iwonicz; and two children?s health resorts, one in Rymanow and the other in Rabka. Health resorts at Czerniawa, Dlugopole, Jastrzebie, Przerzeczyn, and Swoszowice, all have departments for rheumatic treatments. During the Six-Year Plan, to help overcome rheumatism, it will be neces- sary to increase the number of beds in sanatoriums at state health resorts to 8,000, where 35,000 patients could receive treatments of 2-3 months duration yearly. The number of ambulatory patients should be increased to 145,000. FIRST-AID COURSES AT CHEMICAL ENTERPRISES -- Dziennik Zachodni, No 114, 26 Apr 50 Seven hundred persons completed a first-aid course at the Health Train- ing Center of the Polish Red Cross at Katowice. This course, lasting from 2 January to 23 April,'was conducted by Inspector Najta, Doctor Cena, and Professor Marcowa. Workers at chemical enterprises under the Central Admin- istration of the Chemical Industry were required to attend the. course because hazards at these enterprises are great. CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL 50X1-HUM Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/31 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000600330773 77 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/31: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600330773-7 V, 4ii 2n}....4 CONFIDENTIAL NEW SANATORIUM FOR MINERS -?-- Taegliche Rundschau, No 135, 13 Jun 50 Another sanatorium for miners from the Sachsen ore mines has been opened in Binz on Ruegen, a resort on the Baltic Sea, This new summer sanatorium has more than 100 modern and well-equipped rooms, club and reading rooms, and a large theater with 1,000 seats. In ad- dition, there are 50 homes with 2,700 beds available Binz housefor ore miners, and a children's sanatorium has been equipped children. HOSPITALS AND POLYCLINICS IN LAND BRANDENBURG - Arbeit and Socialfuersorge, No 4, 15 Feb 50 At a conference convened in Jueterbog on 11 and 12 February by the Social Insurance Organization for Land Brandenburg it was disclosed that the Land has nine indepena-r+ public polyclinics, 25 hospital poly- clinics, 28 out-patient clinicsin hospitals and sanatoria, 19 rural out-, patient clinics, 178 industrial first-aid stations, and four industrial polyclinics. NEW VITAMIN PRODUCT -- Gazeta Handlowa, No 30, 19 Apr 50 The Central Fish Laboratory in Gdynia is developing a new vitamin prod- uct to replace cod-liver oil, The new formula will be sent to the Ministry of Health for final analysis and for production approval. The new product will be extracted from fish liver. Each gram will con- tain 200 units of vitamin D, and over 40 percent fats. It will be more pleas- ant to take than cod-liver oil and will be particularly useful in preventing bone diseases and tooth decay. The new product will replace medicinal cod-liver oil which has not been produced in sufficient quantities in Poland. 1. UUE IA1. C F I 50X1-HUM Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/31: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600330773-7 A