Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 29 No. (1-2), 1997.
Professional paper
Formation and organization of military medical service at the eastern Slavonia front in the 1991/92 war in Croatia
Dinko Puntarić
Drago Prgomet
Silva Soldo
Abstract
The work of the Croatian Army medical service of the Osijek Military District between July 1, 1991 and September 1, 1993 was analized. In the former Yugoslavia, Croatia was not allowed to have its own army. Therefore, the national armed force and medical corps had to be formed during the war against Croatia. Medical support to army units was initially provided by civil medical service, i.e. by mobile surgical teams performing their tasks on the model of civilian ambulatory service. Numerous objective obstacles, such as the lack of equipment, qualified military medical professionals and experience in the organization and function of army medical corps were encountered. Seventy-five of the Osijek Military District medical service were killed, wounded or missing. There were 145,410 recorded and treated cases of various diseases, 21,767 (14,6%) of which were war wounds. Forty-three medical vehicles were demolished and 20 damaged. At present, transformation of Croatian Army (CA) to peacetime organization is under way.
Keywords
Croatia; Slavonia; military medicine
Hrčak ID:
192438
URI
Publication date:
1.12.1997.
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