The Contribution of Moscow Children's Hospitals to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War
https://doi.org/10.15690/vsp.v24i5.2968
Abstract
This article is devoted to the work of children’s hospitals in Moscow during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Employees of pediatric hospitals heroically fought at the front. Evacuation hospitals were deployed in three large children’s hospitals to manage wounded and sick soldiers and civilians. Children’s hospitals in the capital have continued to provide all the help to the population during the continuance of the war even during the state of siege at the fall and winter of 1941. Health workers provided assistance to victims of the bombing, defended the city’s infrastructure, built defensive lines, and trained sanitary vigilantes. This article analyzes the contribution of Moscow children’s hospitals employees to the victory over fascism.
Keywords
Great Patriotic War,
Moscow children’s hospitals,
child welfare,
evacuation hospital,
Speransky G.N.
Supporting agencies: Not specified.
About the Author
Vera N. Shelkova
Children's City Clinical Hospital No. 9 named after G.N. Speransky
Russian Federation
Disclosure of interest:
Russian Federation
Moscow
Disclosure of interest:
Not declared.
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Shelkova V.N. The Contribution of Moscow Children's Hospitals to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Current Pediatrics. 2025;24(5):337-342. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15690/vsp.v24i5.2968
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