[Experience in organizing medical care for the victims of the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station at a specialized hospital].

Organization of health care for victims of radiation accidents requires well-adjusted organizational activities, including an inpatient clinic with well-equipped reception, dosimetric, karyological and bacteriological laboratories, an intensive care department, a surgical (burn) department, a blood transfusion laboratory and equipment for plasmapheresis and hemosorption. Therapy of such patients should be developed along the following lines: 1) prevention and therapy of infectious complications: 2) blood cell substitution therapy; 3) bone marrow transplantation; 4) detoxicating therapy; 5) correction of water-electrolyte metabolism; 6) therapy of local radiation injuries.