Osnivanje Gradske bolnice u Beogradu 1935. godine
The Founding Of Belgrade City Hospital In 1935

Summary/Abstract: After 1918 Beglrade’s population grew quickly and in only five years its number was four times bigger than before the First World War. The city was mostly populated by poorpeasants and workers to be, who li ved in apalling conditions. Given thatthe health standards were low even before the war, this fact also contributed to the worsening of sanitary conditions in the city. Doctors, nurses and health institutions were scarce be fore the war, and it was only after 1918 that the Ministry for health and so cial issues was established in the new founded Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia). The General State Hospital in Belgrade could not meet the growing demand for health institutions, therefore, the City Council of Belgradeand the Nikola Spasić Foundation initiated in 1929 the founding of the Belgrade City Hospital. The building was erected in two years (1933-1935), and the opening ceremony was held in Decem ber 1935. The opening of this hospital was a significant moment in the mo dernization process in Belgrade. The building itself was built by then up to date methods and building materials, the hospital was organized in a very advanced manner, and the fact that it was erected in a poor and desolate quarter of the city, contributed significantly to its urbanization (in terms of commodities such as water and sewage system, eletricity etc). Belgrade City Hospital was founded as a joint venture of city authorities and a private fo undation (The Nikola SpasićFoundation), with the help of donations, but it was also able to work on the commercial basis and contribute to its own development.

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