HOSPITALS AT ZGORZELEC, SOKOLOW, AND KOLBUSZOWA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 28, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 23, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This, material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage. Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by lay.
SUBJECT Hospitals at Zgorzelec,, Sokolow,, DATE DISTR.
and Kolbuszowa
REQUIREMENT
NO.
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report on the hospital at Kolbuszowa
(N 50-15, E 21- , Poland. In addition to information on the availability
of"medicines.and medical equipment there are location and layout sketches
of the hospital. Also included is brief information on hospitals at
Zgorzelec and Sokolow.
Comment- Which is meant of t'tie several towns named Sqkolow
-is. not specified in the report.
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REPORT INFORMATION RMATION REPORT.
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18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY Poland REPORT
SUBJECT Hospitals at .Zgorzelec,, Sokolow, DATE DISTR. $.C
and Kolbuszowa
NO. PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ
is a report on the hospital at Kolbuszowa
(N 50-15, E 21-46F, Poland. In addition to information on the availatiiity
of edicines and medical equipment there are location and layout sketches
of the hospital. Also included is brief information on hospitals.at
Zgorzelec and Sokolow.
Comment: Which is meant of the several towns named Sqkolow
s: not specified in the report. 25X1
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MEDIA VICES
ZGO t'LELEC (GORLITZ : ,(Information from 1954)
]nergenoy hospital (Stoja Pogotowia) in U1. Czeohowskiegi Nr.1.
Number of beds - 200/250
Operating theatres -1
Head of hospital -,Dr SWIM
2. SOKOLOW
IThe town served as a local medical oentre. There was a hospital
with 200/250 beds and one operating theatre. At the end of 1954 the
head of this hospital was ~r OBERC who died in 1955.. The name of his
successor is not known,
3. KO:
(a) The hospital in KOLBUOZO1 (for location and lay-out see
Sketche0?ttached) was a one storoy brick building
equipped almost entirely from UNRRA supplies. This included
instrtmients, bedding and linen,
Director of the hospital - Dr KRZALEWSKI stanislaw
Other doctors w. king at the hospital - Dr ADAMUS
- Dr ZIOLO
(b) The hospital relived all supplies of medicine from RZESZ(7 ,
to which centre it was subordinate. There was no good donors'
bank at the hospital, and blood was also received from
RZESZ00, in fluid form.
(a) The penicillin used at the hospital was mainly of Polish
manufacture, delivered in units of 300,000 and 600,000.
Very little use was made of penicillin in form of 'pills or
lozenges as both doctors and patients were sceptical about
its effectiveness. There was a tendency to abuse penicillin, 25X1
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penicillin at the hospital
Aurcm coin and terrazyoin is freely available in Poland, but only
at dispensaries dealing in imported medicines.
Polish streptogyoin produced laboratory quan .
(d) In spite of press reports, there was no shortage of medical
supplies in Poland. There was, however, a great shortage of
medical equipment.
(e)
Isotopes are not used at all in provincial hospitals, nor
have any instructions been received on how to use theca.
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