THE DONSKAYA BOLNITSA (CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL) IN KRIVOY ROG

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• Publication Date: December 30, 1958
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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 law.
COUNTRY ( USSR) (Ukrainian SSR)
DATE OF
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PLACE &
DATE ACQ
The Donskaya Bolnitsa in
Krivoy Rog
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A report on the Donskaya Bolnitsa, a Soviet hospital
E 33-21
The report contains a memory sketch of the hospital layout and
information on the location, size, equipment, staff, salaries, working hours,
morale, the care and treatment of tubercular patients, and the incidence of
tuberculosis in the USSR.
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DANSKAYA BQ,NITSA, KRIVC ,Y ROG
2.
cnera. Description
e a o sa
POUmkaya- district of th eastern out
(R 47-55, E 33.'22). Th s hospital s
d otion of e- mist of Health*
r
oosed of nine, one-?atory brick b
a tent of tube
o alar patients
0 been constructed brt the French a
capacity, was reserved or those in
ing the advanced stage of tuberculo
9O.-bed capacity, was de ignated for
depending upon lrogreaa a stages of
TLtberouloai a patients re assigned
toI sketbbh of the ho
Abases of the disease; d Building
the ward designated fo those in on
the .7.1 e
hospital since
t*l, Soto Goro , Lwae-ueFv-unree or 101
of emergency.
OOUJ.d e crease to
HaaDital Laboratory and Clinic
was 1oca ed In e
its of Krivoy-Rog
oialized in the care
and was under the jurie-
a hospital compound was
ings which allegedly
an unknown date. (Refer
tal layout, page 41 ), 50X1-HUM
one of three buildings,
e disease: Building At'
ose patients experienc-
e; Building B, 50-bed
e primary and secondary
60-bed capacity, was
oal condition.
200-bed capacity 50X1-HUM
or 260 beds in times
iborease the size of the
new tuberculosis hospi-
kilometers away, was 50X1-HUM
3. A ,tuberouloeia treatment clinic for ambulatory patients, and50X1-HUM
a laboratory, were affiliated with the D? keys Boinitea
were located one kilometer away from the hospital,,[
m a cry
tZberoular patients who were employed were required to report
doily to the clinic after work for treatment.
Iidence of Tuberculosis in the USSR
official Soviet government publications 50X1-HUM
tgbsroular, based on s do rovided by clinics and
laboratories; however, the doctors with 50X1-HUM
____________________claimed that . percent of the Soviet
population had some form of- tuberculosis, active or arrested,,
including bone tuberculosis, aiAd that over 50 percent of
Soviet military personnel had been affected by the disease*
stated that only ten percent of the Soviet population was
Hospital Equipment, Staff. Salary and Morale
The hospital equipment included one outdated,manu-
factured X-ray machine ..in popr condition, and sever ultra-
violet and other types.of"host lamps. The hospital had no
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diathermy apparatus, new equipment, n auxiliary electricity
--!generators for use in the event of p r- failure... Oxygen______.___ __
tanks were available, however there were no oxygen tents.
Minor operations were performed in a small operating room
equipped with instruments, sterile gloves, masks, etc. Major
surgery was performed at another hospital in Krivoy Rog.
6. The hospital staff consisted of four doctors, one feldsher,
and twenty nurses who were supervised by the feldsher. Ap-
proximately a twenty additional workers were employed as char-
women, laund ers, maintenance personnel, etc. The admin-
istrative section of the hospital was located in a small
building ding apart from the hospital wards. (See sketch, page
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The monthly salary for staff doctors was -1, 000 rubles, where-
as the feldsher and the nurses received 700 rubles per month.
8. The daily work schedule for the nursing staff was 11 hours
and for the doctors, six and one-half hours. 50X1-HUM
the morale of the hospital staff was low and a -11
weeping for an improvement in their working conditions. 50X1-HUM
There were frequent incidents of food theft, and hospital
meals were generally badly prepared and insufficient in quan-
tity.
Treatment and Care of Tubercular Patients
9. the follows aily schedule for ambulatory 50X1-HUM
tubercula pr ents of the D nekaya Bolnitsa: Patients
were awakened at 0800 hours and at 0830 were served a break-
fast which usually consisted of cereal with 10 to 15 grams
of butter, . 200 grams of bread, and tea. Prom 0900 until
1200 hours, patients took walks in the hospital garden and
then returned to the ward for the daily examinations by
doctors and treatments as prescribed in each case. Treat-
ments ranged from the administration of artificial pneumo-
tho aax~..,,and X-ray therapy to the use of drugs such as strep-
tomyye`cin, pens ins and a powdered medicine commonly re-
ferred to as asks ? .
10. A type of borshoh coming potatoes, green vegetables,
beans, chick peas and some pieces of most was usually
served at the noonday meal. Occasionally rice or cereal
with meat was substituted for the borshch. Tea and a fruit
compote completed the meal. Prom 1400 until 1600 hours,
all patients were required to rest in bed, after which there
was a four-hour free period during which they could remain
in bed or attempt some light diversion. After supper at
2000 hours, which usually consisted of a rice or cereal and
most dish, tee, and fruit, the patients had a short recrea-
tion period, then were required to retire at 2200 hours.
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B+c*teh of Hospital Ocound
Don$kga Bo rheas SriYO Rog
Concrete
and brick
Perimur
vall wwwww~
Morgue
Building A
Aiiiinii w
tration
Building
I tcben
Hui] ding C
Dispensary
Building B
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