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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «ISTORIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «HISTORY»
ISSN 2222-9124 (Print)

List of issues > Series «History». 2025. Vol 51

Organization of Publicly Available Medical Care to the Population in the Provincial Centers of Eastern Siberia in the 19th – Early 20th Сentury

Author(s)
I. L. Dameshek, I. V. Orlova
Abstract
This article highlights the organization of new forms of medical care, mainly aimed at the low-income population of Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk. The authors provide a comparative analysis of the activities of night shifts of doctors and paramedics, substantiate the circumstances that led to the curtailment of these reforms and the resumption of activities again, highlight the features of the implementation of public initiatives. Based on statistical data, the effective activities of the Irkutsk bureau of night duty paramedics, the demand for publicly available and rational medical care by the urban population are summarized.
About the Authors

Dameshek Irina Lvovna, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Head of the Department of History and Methods, Pedagogical Institute, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: dameshek@rambler.ru

Orlova Irina Vyacheslavovna, Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Healthcare, Irkutsk State Medical University, 1, Red Vosstaniya st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: irina_orlova7@mail.ru

For citation
Dameshek I.L., Orlova I.V. Organization of Publicly Available Medical Care to the Population in the Provincial Centers of Eastern Siberia in the 19th – Early 20th Century. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2025, vol. 51, pp. 28-38. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2025.51.28 (in Russian)
Keywords
night duty, medical care, doctors, paramedics, health care, bureau of night duty, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk.
UDC
614.2(571.5)(091)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2025.51.28
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