[Psychology and psychiatry in the 7th Navy Hospital in the light of its 75th anniversary].

2007 is a year of 75 years' jubilee of VII Navy Hospital in Gdańsk. Reminding of it's history seems to be important element of military psychologists and psychiatrists conference organized by hospital's personnel. SHORT HISTORY OF THE VII NAVY HOSPITAL IN GDANSK: The VII Navy Hospital came into existence in 1st May of 1932 in Gdynia Oksywie and included one hundred beds on surgery and general practice wards. In 1949 the hospital has been connected with general military hospital in Gdańsk and has got it's actual place. There have been fifteen commandants since that time. Commandore Piotr Drabarek is actual commandant of this hospital. The most interesting person in a group of commandants was admiral Wiesław Lasiński, later chancellor of Military Medical Academy in Lódź. NOWADAYS OF THE VII NAVY HOSPITAL: The hospital actually includes twelve wards. There works one professors, fifteen physicians with degree of doctor and few doctors with open doctoral dissertations. Modern equipment, highly qualified medical staff, ensure professional medical care. History of the psychology and psychiatry The VII Navy Hospital in Gdańsk hadn't included psychiatry ward until seventieth years of XX century. Psychosomatic ward came to existence in 1970 and in 1975 has become psychiatry. Actual boss of the ward is doctor Alicja Furmańska. It is worth to say something about psychosomatic ward which came to existence in 2005 and is lead by Ltd. Małgorzata Zychlińska. It is professional medical base in Polish army. Four hundred patients is treated in this ward in a year on forty beds. In addition, both wards employs five doctors and five psychologists. They control 3500 patients a year. HISTORY REFLECTION: In spite of many historical, political, economical event difficulties the institution which bases on determinations, competence and personal attitude develops constantly. Psychiatry and psychology ward in the VII Navy Hospital in Gdańsk are said "unsinkable".