Health care
Arteev Nikolai Lukich (1901-12.11.1931) – one of the first Izhma doctors, Komsomol and economic leader. Born in Izhma. After the end of the civil war, he worked in Komsomol as the organizer of the first Komsomol cells in the Izhmo-Pechora Krai, the first secretary of the Izhmo-Pechora Ukom, a member of the Regional Komsomol Committee. In 1925-1930 he was a student of the medical faculty of the 1st Moscow State University. During his studies, he did an internship as the head of the Izhemsky district health department, a surgeon at the Mokhcha and Syktyvkar hospitals, a lecturer on sanitary and hygienic topics at the regional courses. After graduation, Arteev worked as the head and practicing surgeon at the Ust-Usinsk hospital, performed dozens of brilliant operations without a single fatal outcome. He enjoyed great prestige as a medical specialist and as a citizen. In November 1931, during a typhus epidemic, Arteev was infected and died. A hospital in the village of Ust-Usa is named after Arteev. The source.
Bryushinin Ivan Pavlovich (1892* -1941) – legendary universal doctor. Born in the village of Yurala of the Pinezhsky district, Arkhangelsk oblast. In 1910 he graduated from a medical school, for five years he worked as a medical assistant in Karelia. During the First World War, he served as a medical assistant and had military awards. In 1917 he graduated from the medical faculty of the 2nd Moscow University, and was sent to work in the Izhmo-Pechora district, was appointed head of the district department of health and surgery. Bryushinin made a lot of efforts to strengthen the material base of the district hospital. At his urgent request in 1934 the hospital acquired the first X-ray machine in the Pechora Krai. He did a lot to train nursing staff. The radius of the hospital’s service was enormous, from the lower reaches of the Pechora to the banks of the Ob, during wintertime hundreds of carts and reindeer teams gathered around the hospital. Ivan Pavlovich worked at the Pechora River Basin for 14 years, of which 10 in Izhemsky district. For his time, he was a unique doctor – surgeon, ophthalmologist, gynecologist. For his work, Bryushinin was included in the Book of Labor Glory of the Komi oblast, and was awarded the honorary badge “15 years of the Komi oblast”. The source.