The prominent figure in military medicine M.I.Baranov and his role in the formation of the healthcare system in Siberia in the 1920s.
- Authors: Papkov S.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 345, No 7 (2024)
- Pages: 80-86
- Section: Из истории военной медицины
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/0026-9050/article/view/636184
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.52424/00269050_2024_345_7_80
- ID: 636184
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Abstract
The publication describes the professional career and personal participation of the authorized People’s Commissariat of Health of the RSFSR M.I.Baranov in the development of the healthcare system and medical education in Siberia. The features and specific difficulties of restoring medical institutions in the region after the Civil War are noted, statistical data on the surviving medical personnel is provided, and the content of measures to strengthen the social prestige of healthcare workers and their legal status is analyzed. The primary attention is paid to the development of special programs for the organization of systematic medical and preventive measures in the Siberian region. The specific steps of the Commissioner of the People’s Commissariat of Health Baranov to overcome material and financial problems in the healthcare sector are considered. The practical results of Baranov’s activities in expanding the system of training medical specialists, opening an institute for advanced training of doctors in Siberia, increasing the influence and role of the Red Cross Society, disseminating scientific and educational knowledge in medicine were revealed. Assessments of Baranov’s activities by his contemporaries are also given.
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S. A. Papkov
Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: spapkov@yandex.ru
доктор исторических наук, профессор
Russian Federation, NovosibirskReferences
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