Introduction: Due to active resistance and the appearance of wounded and diseased, the partisan army organized a medical service. In the beginning, it leaned on public civil institutions and later they formed their own health network. Purpose: In the diploma work, we wanted to present the development of the partisan medical service in Ljubljanska pokrajina, the development and structure of the Slovenian central military partisan hospital and present its staff, with emphasis on nurses. Methods: We used the descriptive and historical method of research work. We reviewed the existing literature and archive material. We searched for literature with the following keywords and phrases: sanitation, national liberation struggle, partisan hospital, partisan health services, history and health services in national liberation struggle, nurses and protective nurses in national liberation struggle, history of nursing. The selection of literature was based on the description of the development of partisan health services, hidden hospitals in the area of Kočevski rog, the staff, which worked in these hidden hospitals, and nurses between the years 1941 and 1945. We accessed the archive material in the Museum of contemporary history of Slovenia and the City museum Idrija: Museum for the areas of Idrijsko and Cerkljansko. Literature review and owerview archive material: At the beginning of the occupation, practically in all public and private health care institutions operated a network of people, cooperating with the liberation front and providing medical care for injured partisans. Later on, Dr. Pavel Lunaček established the first hospital on a partially liberated territory in Dolenjska. Due to destruction and danger, they focused more on conspiracy and retreated into forests. Slowly they started to build posts, which became real medical settlements. In partisan sanitation participated various profiles of health care staff. Nurses or so-called protective nurses have proven to be crucial due to their participation and performing noble tasks of helping others. Discussion and conclusion: We found that partisan health services were and important and very humanitarian activity, which was despite the presence of occupying forces heavily developed during all times of war. The Slovenian central military partisan hospital is proof that it is possible to do a lot for the injured despite war and straitened circumstances and ensure them a good recovery. However, all of this would never succeed without such brave health care staff, including nurses, which among others worked in favour of the injured and diseased.
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