Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 24 No. (1-2), 1992.
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Work organisation on the Clinic for inner diseases in Osijek during war
Ivan Čandrlić
Silvio Mihaljević
Siniša Šijanović
Davorin Berlančić
Abstract
In this research are included all hospitalised and gastroscoped patients cured in the Clinic for internal diseases of the General hospital in Osijek in the period from August 01.1990. till March 31.1991. and the period from August 01.1991. till March 31. 1992. During the first period 2 561 patient was hospitalised, whereas in the period of war thath number decreased to 684 patients. Comparing both these periods, we can conclude that the number o hospitalised patients in the period of war was reduced for 73,3%. During the peacetime 1 652 patients were gastroscoped, whereas in the period of war only 339 patients, that is 79,5% less than during the peacetime. Because of aggression on the town and the hospital, patients and personnel were evacuated in cellars and shelters. Because the number of beds was decreased, only acute cases were hospitalised. Chronic cases were sent home with a greater store of medicine or were taken care of as refugees in other towns. The greatest number of beds was made free for acute cases, especially for cardiac diseases, so that the percentage of patients with acute infarct miocardii increased from 8,2% to 15,6% in the period of war. The number of acute gastroenterologic patients decreased from 150 during the peacetime to 99 patients in the period of war. However, the percentage of acute gastroenterologic patients increased from 9,1% do 29,2% in the period of war.
Keywords
war destructions; organization of the work; patologic states
Hrčak ID:
195304
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Publication date:
1.12.1992.
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