Croatian scientific society for the history of health culture
Abstract
Nova vojna bolnica u Bjelovaru bila je građena od 1900. do 1901., organizacijski i funkcionalno poštujući sastavnice zdravstvene skrbi. Imala je glavnu bolničku zgradu u kojoj su bile bolesničke sobe (za vojnike, dočasnike i časnike), ordinacija, ljekarna i laboratorij, kuhinja, blagovaonica te sanitarni čvorovi uz skladište namirnica i ogrjeva u podrumu. Na prvome katu zgrade bile su bolesničke sobe i sanitarni čvorovi te sobe za bolničare. U velikome bolničkom parku postojao je zasebni odjel za zarazne bolesti te pomoćna zgrada s vešarnom, dezinfekcijom i mrtvačnicom. Iako je tri i pol desetljeća djelovala kao vojna bolnica, a nakratko i kao stambena zgrada i mljekarnica, pred Drugi svjetski rat, ponovno tijekom rata i nakon njega postaje svojom izvornom svrhom do ukidanja i rušenja zgrade kasnih sedamdesetih godina XX. stoljeća. O novoj i posljednjoj bjelovarskoj vojnoj bolnici do sada nije bilo u postojećoj literaturi spomena, pa je rad doprinos organizaciji hrvatskoga vojnoga zdravstva.The new main military hospital building in Bjelovar, built in 1900-1901, was designed to provide full medical services to its patients, as it had patient rooms for soldiers and officers, doctor’s office, a pharmacy, a laboratory, a kitchen with a dining room, toilet facilities, and storage for food and firewood in the basement. The building’s right wing accommodated regimental doctors on the ground floor. The first floor had patient rooms with sanitary facilities and rooms for paramedics. In the hospital park there was a separate building for infectious diseases, auxiliary buildings, a disinfection facility, and a mortuary. For 35 years before World War 2, it had functioned as a military hospital with brief intervals when it provided services to the general public and outpatients. During the War it resumed its primary function and continued providing health care for the military until it was demolished in the late 1970s. This article is a contribution to the existing literature about military health care in Croatia, as there have been no earlier records about the Bjelovar hospital
