[About development of All-Russian Service for Disaster Medicine at the present stage].

The information about foundation, development and main areas of activity of All-Russian Service for Disaster Medicine is given. Almost 20 years professional staff members help to save lives and health of people injured in emergency situations in Russia and other countries. There are 81 territorial centers for disaster medicine.

[The evaluation of the grounds for the hospitalization of surgical patients].

An analysis of in-patients' flow in the surgery sections of main military clinical hospitals shows that according to the experts' assessment, 89.3% patients were accommodated according to the profile of their illness. 5% patients needed accommodation in other sections (not surgical) and 5.