HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CENTERS IN THE GDANSK AREA AND IN KRAKOW AND SZCZECIN

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• Publication Date: November 6, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
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This is UNEVALUATED Information
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. In addition to the training hospitals of the Medical Academy the following
hospitals are to be found in Gdansk (Danzig) and vicinity:
a. The Municipal Hospital
b. The Railroad Hospital
c. TheIUB Aplyclinic
d. The Naval Hospital
Gdansk, ul.Swierczewskiego.
Oliwa,.Aleja Sprzymierzonych.
2. The Municipal~Hos,pital includes'the following departments 25X1
a. Mer>0s and Women's Surgical Departments which have 3 operating theaters,
2 dressing rooms, approximately 9O.bed anda'iedical staff of four doctors.
b. Medical Department which has approximately 90 beds and a medical staff of
four doctors.
c Maternity-Department which has infant and pre-natal clinics, approximately
115 beds.,and a staff of two doctors.
d. Gynecological Department which as approximately I10 beds and a staff of two
doctors,
3. The technical equipment of these departments in the Municipal Hospital is rather
primitive and antiquated. Plans for the modernization of the hospital are en-
countering extensive administrative and financial difficulties. Investments
are purely accidental and are usually due to the initiative and very energetic
personal endeavors made by the doctors intcharge. From the point of ;view
of administration and finance, the hospital is subordinated to the Health Department
of the Municipal National Council (M.R.N.) headed by Wanda Tyszkowa. It is
practically impossible to expand the existing operating theaters and dressiftigrrooms
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Hospitals and Health Centers in the DATE DISTR. 6 November 1953
Gdansk Area and in Krakow and Szczecin
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in the building nowQccupied by the hospital, nor is there any possibility
of accommodating resident physicians without curtailment of space
devoted to patients. The hospital is now being enlarged,,-which should bring
some improvement in the present situation,
4. In the summer of 1952 the adaptation for hospital use of an adjoining building
was completed and the Maternity and Gynecological artments were transferred
there (see sketch point 2). Moreover new wings (see sketch paint 1) are under
construction. In an emergency something could be done to adapt bth'er adjoining'.
bui:Ldings4 he completion of a new wing, which- at~ the moment; is? in a very raw state=
will solve the difficulties in handling the arrival of patients now caused by the
bottleneck at the entrance to the main building. At present there is not-,-sufficient
room for a number of ambulances with patients to halt in front of the entrance
a.d to take out their patients efficiently.
5. The main building as well as the newly adapted one (ketcli point's 2_:?and3?) are made
of brick, and are old but in good condition. Water and plumbing installations
work efficiently, The telephone installations are good on the whole,, excepting :.:~.
a few rooms used by doctors-on=duty where telephones have been out of commission for
some time.
6. The main approach to the hospital is by the wide, asphalted U1. Swierczewskiego.
It lies at about 100 to 450 meters from the nearest railway station.. There is
no tree cover in the immediate neighborhood. of the'-hospital; the nearest are tb be
found in the park on the other side of the railway line (sketch point 10).
7. The standard of medical and nursing service in this hospital is comparatively
high. Patients are better cared for than in the Medical Academy. Difficulties
in medical work are created by the limited capacity of the laboratory where analyses
are made. Moreover there is a general shortage of nurses and orderlies which is also
felt in all other hospitals. Patient ;-in need of radiological examinations and ray-
therapy (radium, etc.) in connection 11th growths are sent by the hospital
to the Medical Academy. Patients are admitted to the Municipal,.Hospitals on
the basis of certificates issued by the regional physicians.
8. The Railroad Hospital is subordinated, as far as organization goes, to the
are given a chit,amimeographed form -H:.-_th a triangular stamp affixed in navy blue ink.
The doctors employed at the U.B. Polyclinic also work in other institutions of the
Health Service. An old employee of the U.B. Polyclininc is Dr. Kieszkowski
(brother of Tadeusz). Until 1952 Dr. Zdzislaw Dobreanski also worked here 25X1
Health Department of D.O.K"P. (District Board of State Railroads).,
Before being engaged for work by the Personnel Section of the Voivodship tm .
employees of the Security Apparatus are sent to its own polyclinic for a medical
and fitness examination. The examination is very thorough. The candidates
10. The Polyclinic treats established employees of the UB and their families, persons
employed in the UB, MO, and PZPR committees, and some of the officers of the
Fire Service. i
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it s'impossible to 'get a patients file fioi '%he UB to use for further-'Ctreat. ,.:`
meet. The hospital.has up to date installations,, and its own means of transportation
for its patients. The building is of brick, is modern, and has a convenient
wooded approach along old roadside trees. The entrance is-strictly controlled.
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12. The Naval Hospital treats service people and their families. It comprises,
among others, a children's department under Dr. Czeslaw Velento (ranking as
captain). The hospital consists of a block of pavilions surrounded by trees and
gardens. One can enter from Aleja Sprzymierzonych or from a parallel street
running along the heavily wooded top of the Oliwa hills. The entrance
to and movement within the grounds are strictly controlled. The hospital lies
at a distance of about 1,90O.meters from the nearest railroad station as the crow
flies, or about 1,500 meters by a country road and 2,500 meters by the roundabout
way that is fit for continuous traffic.
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13. The Narutowicz Hospital in Krakow, Ul. P.radnicka,,employs about 15 doctdrs and
50 nurses, technicians, etc. and has the following departments-.
a. Surgical men and women) - 80 beds
b. Medical (men and women) - qO beds
C. Maternity
d. Gynecological
e. ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat)
f. Urological
11i. It has three up-to-date, very well equipped operating theaters: Generally speaking,
the hospital is modern, part of its technical equipment is of origin.
The standard of :treatment is high, :the ?niarsing care' is good,'-but'.patients care
dismissed too early,
15. The building is made of brick, has two wings, and is modern.. The distance to
the nearest railroad line is about 8f) meters; the track runs at about 'fourL ers
below the road bridge. The road is hard surfaced and in good condition'u There
is no tree cover. The unloading of patients is efficient. Employees of the
hospital arrive by a hospital bus and use a canteen on the spot. Some live
in the vicinity of the hospital,
16. The Railroad Hospital on Ul. Roosevelta in Szczecin (Stettin) has only two
departments.'
a. Surgical (men and women) - about 40 beds.
b. Medical (men and women) - about 50 beds.
It employs only two doctors and eight nura6s. The standard.-:of treatment i lOw~.esi -
dially in- the -medical wt,rd. _ There is_ one ; l op_erating~ theater. and the . equipment .is poor,
The building is of brick and stands in. a large garden. There'are good chances for
expansion, the whole of the third floor is empty. Moreover the adjoin.;ng building
rich is dwned by the hospital is due to be done up. The whole installation
lies in the middle of ?uins. The hospital has two ambulances. There is no
tree cover and no railway line nearby,
The following health centers located in and near Gdansk are well known
a. The Fort Specialists' Outpatients Center
Health Center 'A' and Health Center tB
b. The Health Center of the Gdansk Shipyard on the
dhipyard premises.
Gdansk, Nowy Port
Ul. Oliwska
The VII Municipal Specialists Outpatients' Center,, Wrzeszcz,
Ul. Rokossowskiego
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18. The Port Specialists Outpatients' Center deals with the areasof Nowy Port,
Brzezna, Letniewo)and it treats inhabitants of these areas as well as employees
of the Gdansk port and seamen. The manager iCs Dr, Aleksander Zdanowicz. The
Center has one passenger uto_-, one ambulance and one van.
19, It is divided itito Centers 'A.t and 'B' which are housed in separate buildings,
about 500 meters apart. It employs 11 doctors and 23 nurses.
20. Center 'A' has the following departments: General, Surgical (with a small
operating theai?r~). Laryngological, Oculist, Anti-T.B. for adults, Anti-T.B.
for children, BCG vaccination station, Dental section (with three chairs),
Anti-alcoholic, Derma-iological and VD section, Physio-therapy department, 25X1
and Taboratory.. The building also contains a well:eupplied dispensary and a peni-
eill+r (for injection when prescribed). The Center has two X-ray machinbs,
2 electro-cardiographs, physio-therapy lampsjand 1 dental X-lay machine..
Plans-have been made for the organization of a sick bay with 15 beds. Nurses., and
the janitor live in the building. Some of the nurses live in service flats on
Ul, Sniezna.in Letniewo. Center *A' is located in the new building (built 1952),
which has inside water, plumbing, and gas installations. Railway lines lie at a
distance:: f about 500 meters. There is no tree cover except for a few single
trees nearby.
21. Center 'B' has a section for expectant mothers, for sick and healthy children
and a gynecological section. The building is old and has been adapted for its
present purposes. It also contains a few flats for employees. The distance
to the railway station is about 50 meters and there are no trees..
22. The Health Center of the Gdansk Shipyard treats employees of the shipyard., The
director is Dr. Badowski (fnu). It has the' following sections: Surgics1, Medical
Industrial hygiene;: Dental, Anti-alcoholic, Anti-T.B., Physio-therapy, and a
laboratory. The equipment is up-to-date although the building has been adapted
to its present use. The Center has its own ambulance, nine doctors, and
14 nurses.
23. The VII Municipal Specialists Outpatients Center conforms to the generally
accepted model of a health center, combined with a sanitation office. It
employs about 12 doetbrs afd":20.nurses. There is difficulty in finding
an efficient and energetic' director for this center. The equipment is sufficient
although the laboratory is small. The building is an old one adapted for the
purpose. Nearby are trees, a park and an avenue. The distance from a railway
line is about 200 meters. The center has no transportation of its own but uses
vehicles of the Voivodship First Aid Post.
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Key to Sketch
1. Wing under construction.
2. Adapted part (Maternity and Gynecology Departments).
3. Main building - Municipal Hospital.
4. Dermatological Tb.c. department
5. Municipal National Council and Bank.
6.. Car park.
7. Road bridge over railway line.
8. Railway station.
9. Points for possible transportation of patients.
10. Park - nearest tree cover to hospital.
11. Freight station.
12. Ulica Swierczewskiego.
13 Ulica 390 Maja.
Distance to hospital from various points
Point 8 - 450 meters.
Point 11 - 350 meters.
Point 7 - 100 meters.
Point 9 - 300 meters.
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