Dan Healey
The Gulag Doctors: Life, Death, and Medicine in Stalin's Labour Camps
The Gulag Doctors: Life, Death, and Medicine in Stalin's Labour Camps
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Inmates in Stalins Gulag were subjected to harsh conditions, but medical care was ubiquitous. The Gulag Sanitary Department employed 10,000 doctors, nurses, and paramedics, who faced repression, supply shortages, and isolation. Despite these challenges, they created hospitals, re-fed prisoners, treated diseases, and "saved" a proportion of their patients. This groundbreaking account offers an unprecedented view of Stalins forced-labour camps.
Format: Hardback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 27 February 2024
Publisher: Yale University Press
A pioneering history of medical care in Stalins Gulag, revealing the extraordinary efforts of doctors and nurses to provide care under appalling conditions. The Gulag, a symbol of injustice, suffering, and mass mortality, operated from 1930 to 1953 and housed eighteen million prisoners. Despite the harsh realities of forced labor and extreme conditions, medical care was ubiquitous within the Gulag system. In 1939, the Gulag Sanitary Department employed a staggering 10,000 doctors, nurses, and paramedics, with approximately 40 percent of them being prisoners themselves.
Dan Healey delves into the lives of these medical staff, exploring the extremes of repression, supply shortages, and isolation they faced. Despite these challenges, they managed to establish hospitals, re-feed prisoners, treat diseases, and even save a proportion of their patients. They not only provided medical care but also taught apprentices and conducted research, contributing to the development of medical knowledge within the Gulag.
This groundbreaking account offers an unprecedented perspective on Stalins forced-labour camps, shedding light on the experiences of the medical staff who worked tirelessly to care for their fellow inmates. It serves as a testament to their resilience, compassion, and dedication to providing care under the most challenging circumstances. The Gulag remains a haunting reminder of the human cost of political oppression and the importance of remembering and learning from history.
Weight: 708g
Dimension: 242 x 166 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780300187137
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