ЗДРАВСТВЕНЕ ПРИЛИКЕ У ВРБАСКОЈ БАНОВИНИ 1929–1941.
HEALTHCARE CONDITIONS IN VRBASKA BANOVINA 1929–1941

Summary/Abstract: This paper elaborates the healthcare system of Vrbaska Banovina (the Banovina), which, with its founding in 1929, as well as the overall social life, was crucial in its development. Along with the Banovina, owing to its first Ban Svetislav Tisa Milosavljevic, its healthcare system began to grow and spread not only in the centre, Banja Luka, but also throughout the territory. Banja Luka got new and significant health care institutions – the Institute of Hygiene and the new hospital, which were significant for both the city and the Banovina. Furthermore, with the Banovina, both Banja Luka and the Banovina itself got several famous doctors, whose role in suppressing infectious and social diseases remained immeasurable for health preservation of people, especially children. The importance of health care institutions was not major just for cities but also for villages and peasantry, which was chronically ill. In fact, its treatment did not only stop spreading infectious diseases, but also prevented its premature death. Over time, the organization of healthcare was regulated not only in the cities and district headquarters, but also in municipal and rural settlements. Therein, significant places were hospitals and socio-sanitary institutions – public health homes, healthcare stations and rural infirmaries, and in this chain a central place occupied the Institute of Hygiene in Banja Luka.

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