Chapter 40
A Glance at the Medical Activity of “Prof.
Dr. V. Sion” Hospital of Constanta in 1931
Octavian Dumitru Unc and Alexandra Nicoleta Unc
Constanta today is known everywhere as Romania’s Black Sea gate. Constanta is
one of the oldest certified cities in Romania. The first documentary proof dates from
657 B.C., when, on the territory of the current peninsula, a greek colony called
Tomis was formed.
At that time, the territory of Constanta today was separated by Moesia Inferior
province, under the name of Scythia Minor (Radu n.d.). The territory of Dobrogea
region, to which Constanta belongs, covers an area of 23,262 km
2 , representing
1/13 of the reunited Romania. The importance of Dobrogea comes from its location
at the Danube Delta and the Black Sea (Dobrogea cincizeci de ani de vieat ¸a ˘
rom^ aneasca ˘ – Bucures ¸ti 1878). The shipping disposes of Constanta North and
Constanta South harbours, these two together with Constanta South-Fluvial composing the big harbour of Constanta, the biggest harbour at the Black Sea and the
fourth in Europe, as size. Throughout time, the health system of Constanta was
influenced by the historical approach.
In 1931, Constanta county covered an area of 687 km
2 with a population of
193,655 inhabitants, in a disposal of 92 villages and 6 cities(called urban areas),
with health services system organized at county level, inside a hospital known as
“Prof. Dr. V. Sion Hospital”.
The Health Service of Constanta county: the medical personnel consisted of a
M.D. of the county; 4 administrative officials; 15 rural level doctors; 2 urban level
doctors, at Mangalia and Techirghiol; 3 doctors for cities with hospitals; 34 rural
sanitary agents; 6 urban sanitary agents; 6 urban midwives; 95 rural midwives. Two
O.D. Unc (*)
Ovidius University, Constant ¸a, Romania
e-mail: unc_octavian@yahoo.com
A.N. Unc
Floreasca Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
e-mail: alexandra_unc@yahoo.com
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018
C.W. Finkl, C. Makowski (eds.), Diversity in Coastal Marine Sciences, Coastal
Research Library 23, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57577-3_40
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A Glance at the Medical Activity of “Prof.
Dr. V. Sion” Hospital of Constanta in 1931
Octavian Dumitru Unc and Alexandra Nicoleta Unc
Constanta today is known everywhere as Romania’s Black Sea gate. Constanta is
one of the oldest certified cities in Romania. The first documentary proof dates from
657 B.C., when, on the territory of the current peninsula, a greek colony called
Tomis was formed.
At that time, the territory of Constanta today was separated by Moesia Inferior
province, under the name of Scythia Minor (Radu n.d.). The territory of Dobrogea
region, to which Constanta belongs, covers an area of 23,262 km
2 , representing
1/13 of the reunited Romania. The importance of Dobrogea comes from its location
at the Danube Delta and the Black Sea (Dobrogea cincizeci de ani de vieat ¸a ˘
rom^ aneasca ˘ – Bucures ¸ti 1878). The shipping disposes of Constanta North and
Constanta South harbours, these two together with Constanta South-Fluvial composing the big harbour of Constanta, the biggest harbour at the Black Sea and the
fourth in Europe, as size. Throughout time, the health system of Constanta was
influenced by the historical approach.
In 1931, Constanta county covered an area of 687 km
2 with a population of
193,655 inhabitants, in a disposal of 92 villages and 6 cities(called urban areas),
with health services system organized at county level, inside a hospital known as
“Prof. Dr. V. Sion Hospital”.
The Health Service of Constanta county: the medical personnel consisted of a
M.D. of the county; 4 administrative officials; 15 rural level doctors; 2 urban level
doctors, at Mangalia and Techirghiol; 3 doctors for cities with hospitals; 34 rural
sanitary agents; 6 urban sanitary agents; 6 urban midwives; 95 rural midwives. Two
O.D. Unc (*)
Ovidius University, Constant ¸a, Romania
e-mail: unc_octavian@yahoo.com
A.N. Unc
Floreasca Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
e-mail: alexandra_unc@yahoo.com
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018
C.W. Finkl, C. Makowski (eds.), Diversity in Coastal Marine Sciences, Coastal
Research Library 23, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57577-3_40
655