Episode
Horizon: Medecine in Russia
Overview
In 1917, Russia had fewer than twenty doctors for every million of her people. Today, the figure is over 2,000: almost twice as many as in this country. The organisational changes that were necessary to build a Health Service in the country with the largest share of the earth's surface were vast. The resulting system is very different from ours.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1968-10-10
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Medecine in Russia is Episode 13 in 1968 of Horizon. It aired on 1968-10-10. The runtime is 60 min.
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