Tasks and importance of the acute poisoning center at a multiprofile provincial hospital based on 10 years experience

: The thesis presents a short history and way of organization of acute poisoning centre functioning within the internal diseases department in multiprofile provincial hospital. The data show the number of patients treated in particular years as well as the types of toxic substances that caused poisoning, and the number of analyses carried out for the needs of the poisoning centre and other hospital departments, as well as for the local hospitals. Based on the said data the conclusions were presented referring to the role of the centre in helping the people suffering from acute poisoning in number 0.5 million population.