Organization of the Soviet armed forces medical supply in 1950’s and 1960’s

Abstract

A historical analysis of the development of troops (forces) medical supply system after the Great Patriotic War finished in 1950’s and 1960’s has been given. Steps to restore country’s medical and chemical-pharmaceutical industry, that stimulated the improvement of the medical equipment supply of the military units and institutions, have been shown. It was found that the five-years targets of the national economy for the post-war recovery and development plan during 1946-1950, which provides increasing of drug, medical products, medical devices and equipment production have been achieved, and in many cases exceeded. Transferring troops (forces) medical supply system to work under new conditions has been studied. It was revealed that in spite of the specificity and existing difficulties in the state and military construction in the 1950’s and 1960’s of the 20th century, it was possible to establish planned medical supply system in the Soviet Army and Navy in short time. The contribution of the Military Medical Academy of S.M. Kirov to develop official documents, create new models of medical supply and training the military pharmaceutical personnel has been shown. Special attention is given to the role of war members who contributed a lot in scientific and educational work on the issue of supplying troops (forces) with medical equipment. It is established that the reorganization of troops (forces) medical supply system made it possible not only to increase the effectiveness of military health care, but also to contribute strengthening the country’s defense toward the global confrontation and «cold war» started.