PAGES OF HISTORY OF THE OPHTHALMOLOGY SERVICE OF THE MANDRYKA CENTRAL MILITARY CLINICAL HOSPITAL OF THE DEFENSE MINISTRY OF RUSSIA

Objective: purpose is to study the history of the ophthalmo- logical service of the “Mandryka Central Military Clinical Hospital” of the Defense Ministry of Russia Materials and methods. The study included the data of scientific research in archival materials from 1919 to 2018 research. Methods: historical (historical-genetic), ideographic, historical, historical-typological. Results. The features of the formation and development of ophthalmic care to patients of the of the “Mandryka Central Military Clinical Hospital” of the Defense Ministry of Russia were investigated. The first ophthalmologist was A. I. Kuraev, who was then replaced by A. O. Gromyka. Great contribution to the improvement of ophthalmological care and organization of medical examination made by the chief of the hospital N. M. Nevsky. On his initiative, a new clinical base of the hospital in Krasnogorsk was built and in 1968 a stationary Ophthalmology Department was opened (the first chief of the Ophthalmology Department - N. P. Pureskin). In 1989 in connection with the opening of a new clinical base of the hospital, the Ophthalmology Department began its work. Chiefs of the Ophthalmology Department were: V. D. Antonyuk, S. V. Shishov, N. M. Solnov. Currently, the chief of the Ophthalmol- ogy Department is A. V. Kuroyedov. Conclusion. For 99 years of the hospital’s work, ophthalmic care was provided to tens of thousands of servicemen and their families. According to the results of the last two years (2016-2017), about 4000 patients were treated, more than 3700 operations were performed, including high-tech surgical interventions in glaucoma and combined ophthalmopathology. The Ophthalmology Department actively introduces new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, improving the previously used methods.

history, Mandryka Central Military Clinical Hospital, ophthalmology, Russian Defense Ministry