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• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005647979
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: May 27, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-01312
• Publication Date: February 26, 1968

 Ch i com end Soviet `Med i ce l.' Pe'rsonnelr~~Q~1?l P~Pd' wnrk t ~n"~. t n yr
Re~QionaT Level?Hospital 'a
...
VG.?:Regional level,"?hospitai.`in ',VG) Camau was~~s?taffed with 80
hospital was, guarded~'by:,a:='VC`Company'""'of'100~?men;?'" During "one
six month period.the hosp tal.'?reportedly was moved to within
half a day`s walk of its original location. Personnel requiring
hosoitalization were certified by",their local District committee.
X-ray machine"; The.~Russ?ians opereted~ the ~ X-ray mechi ne: .The
of small huts with.a capacityof:200,beds, a'"surgical capab"i?lity,
and was equipped with`':'Chinese..med~.icaL:.equipment"including an ?'
Comment: The Regional (District)"level VC hospitals are'
genera ley capable of being moved?when necessary,".although they
;are not described as "mobile":'"Bed capacities have been reported
.from 10 to nearly 100 -beds. Hospitals"with 200 beds or more are
generally listed as Provincial or Zone hospitals. Regional hospitals
appear to function mostly as recuperation centers and dispensaries,
and are generally not equipped"with surgical facilities.
is not> It is more likely that the hospital described is actually
a Zone level unit.
receive six mont s o treatment In the facility described above.
While this is consistent with the known function of Regional ?
hospitalsf the size of the facility and the surgical capability
Chinese en~imm~nt and surgeons for the surgical facility.
represent both technicians for operating and maintaining the
The presence of Chinese and Soviet medical personnel in VC
medical facilities has been reported but is unconfirmed, If such
personnel are operating in SVN,.1t is likely that they would be
in the most secure installations and these would probably be on
the VC Zone level, The statement that the Russians "ooerated the
X-ray machine" suggests that they more likely would be X-ray
technicians than physicians. Chinese doctors, if present, may