General deterioration of health; lack of drugs and medical facilities except for communist functionaries

Item based on interviews conducted with defectors and immigrants in Western refugee camps and immigration offices, or Western travelers returning from stays in East European communist countries, supplemented with information collected through Radio Free Europe (RFE) correspondence with anonymous sou...

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Main Author: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute (RFE/RL Research Institute)
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: 1954-03-04T00:00:00Z-1954-03-04T23:59:59Z
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:1b297aed-bf69-4510-a9c4-2c43944bf2db
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Summary:Item based on interviews conducted with defectors and immigrants in Western refugee camps and immigration offices, or Western travelers returning from stays in East European communist countries, supplemented with information collected through Radio Free Europe (RFE) correspondence with anonymous sources from behind the Iron Curtain. This item was transmitted from the Istanbul field office. This field report was assigned the following topical and geographical subject headings by the RFE/RL: Bulgaria; Health and Recreation -- Labor Conditions and Health; Health and Recreation -- Spas, Resorts; Health and Recreation -- Hospitals; Health and Recreation -- Medicines; Health and Recreation -- Physicians; Health and Recreation -- Diseases
Published:1954-03-04T00:00:00Z-1954-03-04T23:59:59Z