[60 years' of the modern hospital in Pozega].

The development of the hospital in Pozega, from medieval poor houses to the establishment of a modern hospital in 1936, is presented. In the late 19th and early 20th century, surgery departments were founded in many hospitals in Slavonia. The old town hospital built in 1836 did not meet the demands of medical work, and in the period from 1930 to 1936 a new hospital building was constructed. Since then, the hospital has played a major role in health education and promotion, prevention and treatment of disease, and training of medical staff. After 1961 new departments were established (pediatrics, gynecology, otorhinolaryngology), and in 1981 a new surgery was built with seven operation rooms, as well as a modern intensive care unit, delivery rooms etc. These developments contributed to good hospital functioning during the war in 1991-1992. The hospital reconstruction with equipment renewal is now under way. Education of medical staff and scientific activities are continuing tasks which must accompany advances in medicine.