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This work by Marija Počivavšek is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Before the Second World War, Celje with immediate surroundings had a population of 18,000 and was the economic, traffic, and cultural centre of the region. The city was well equipped also in terms of health care as it had three pharmacies as well as a health care centre, and a public hospital with maternity hospital. The circumstances changed with German invasion during the second world war. Germans reorganized health care service according to their regulations, thus organizing health care service in German style. All three pharmacies – albeit transferred to another owner – persevered, the health care centre was reformed into a regional health agency, whereas persons insured under health insurance fund were treated by private doctors or in a hospital. More doctors and medical personnel in Celje joined partisans and helped to organize partisan health care.