Health care relief to neighbors: Split University Hospital during the 1991-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Aim: To assess the workload of the Split University Hospital during the war and its role in providing help to the neighboring countries.

Methods: We reviewed all available records of patients admitted to the four (out of 15) departments: General Surgery, Traumatology, Dermatovenerology, and Pulmonology. The files of 37,821 patients (78% of total number) treated during 1990-1995 were analyzed.