Text A. The Development of Public Health in the USSR

During the years of the Soviet power great progress has been achieved in the development of public health in our country.

In 1913 there were only 20,000 doctors in Russia, that is one doctor served 10,000 of the population. Now there are more than one million doctors in our country, that makes about 1 /3 of the number of all the doctors in the world and more than half of those in Europe.

Before the Great October Socialist Revolution there were 207,000 beds in the hospitals. About 35% of the towns and half of the villages had no hospitals. During the years of the Soviet power the number of medical institutions has considerably increased, the quality of medical aid becoming much better.

Before the Revolution, there were only 89 women and children consultation centres in the country. Since the very first days of the Soviet power the Communist Party and the Government have been paying great attention to the protection of the health of mother and child.

Soviet public health is characterized by new methods of medical service.

Thanks to various health measures our country has achieved high standards of public health and total mortality rate has been decreased. The State has taken the responsibility for man's health. Public health allocations (ассигнования) are increasing every year. Any Soviet citizen wherever he lives may go to the doctor or make a call for him if necessary and; he will receive qualified medical aid free of charge.

Every Soviet citizen has the right to a sick-leave pay at the State insurance (государственное страхование) expense from the day he falls ill to the moment of his recovery.

The Soviet health service has many First Aid Stations with thousands of well-equipped modern ambulances and highly qualified ambulance doctors.

The main principles of Soviet public health are the prevention of diseases, gradual nation-wide dispensarisation and the extension of the life-span of Soviet people.

In order to achieve this extensive measures to control cardiovascular diseases and cancer are being carried out. Great attention is paid to the surrounding environment— the elimination of air pollution with industrial and automobile gases, the control of growing noises in large cities.

Soviet people may restore their health in different sanatoriums and rest houses.

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