Medical Treatment Institutions of Civilian Health Care in the General System of Treatment of Wounded and Sick Military Personnel during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945

Summary. The aim of the study is to analyze and summarize the most significant organizational issues of the creation and functioning of evacuation hospitals (evacuation hospitals, EG) of the People’s Commissariat of Health (People’s Commissariat of Health) of the USSR, issues of their participation in the general system of providing medical care and treatment to wounded and sick military personnel during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

Research materials and methods. Research materials – regulatory documents governing the procedure for the creation and functioning of evacuation hospitals of the People’s Commissariat of Health of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War; scientific papers and publications, including in electronic form, on the topic of the study. Research methods – historical method, methods of generalization and content analysis, analytical method, methods of comparison and description.

Research results and their analysis. The article presents generalized data on the establishment and activities of evacuation hospitals of the USSR People’s Commissariat of Health, which functioned in the general system of medical evacuation support (LEO) for wounded and sick servicemen, and demonstrates the necessity and significance of the titanic work done by medical workers of the EG in treating wounded and sick servicemen during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.