Horizon

Season 5, Episode 13

Episode Title: Medecine in Russia

Air Date: 1968-10-10

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.