RESTRICT NONPOLITICAL USE OF MEDICAL FACILITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700040425-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2011
• Sequence Number: 425
• Publication Date: February 15, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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A new system of admissions has recently been instituted for Budapest hos-
pitals. Preadmittance clinics have beer bet t? throughout the city. Before a
patient is admitted for hospital care he must present all personal identifica-
tion papers, a memorandum from a state doctor, a work certificate proving that
he has worked regularly, certification from his housing representative stating
the person's reliability, and certification from the local party secretary.
Hospital treatment is constantly eeteriorating. Due to the unavailability
of rubber gloves and other supplies, surgery at the Rokus Hospital, Budapest,
has become a deadly business. Shipment of medicine to hospitals is constantly
?,iminishing, and even domestically produced medicines are becoming scarce. The
16 X-ray .achines sent to Korea have not been replaced, causing hardships at
several hospitals and forcing several laboratories to cease operation.
Although most hospitals are so crowded that corridors are being utilized
for bed space, hospitals such as the Civil Service Employees (OTBA) hospital
at Budapest are set aside in each county for reating only State lecurity Po-
lice (AVH) personnel.
In a Budapest hospital, a party-certified patient receives 7.20 forints
per diem subsistence, while AVH patients receive 14.20 forints. The best doc-
tors and consultants are available free of charge .o politically preferred
patients. Important party members located in the provinces are sent to Buda-
pest hospitals.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
Political; Sociological - Medical care
Weekly newspaper
New York
17 Nov 1951
STAT
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INFORMATION 1951
DATE DIST. /6-Feb 1952
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REPORT NO.
RESTRICT NONPOLITICAL LSE OF MEDICAL FACILITIES
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