According to archival data, from 1899 to 1905, the first group of medical workers operated in the region.
In 1908, a military hospital was opened in the village of Przhevalsk, designed for 48 beds, where one doctor, two paramedics, and a midwife worked. Funding was provided from the local budget. The hospital had four wards, a reception area, a pharmacy, and a doctor's office.
Medical workers worked without days off and accepted patients around the clock. At that time, cases of smallpox, typhus, malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases were identified among the population.
According to the decree of the People's Commissariat of Health of the RSFSR dated July 2, 1925, free medical assistance was provided to government employees, their families, trade union members, military personnel, and disabled workers.
According to the decision of the executive committee of the Kyrgyz Autonomous Region dated September 13, 1925, free assistance was also provided to the population in all medical institutions.
Party organizations and executive committees actively worked to increase the number of medical institutions and improve the quality of services provided.
In 1926, a hospital with 30 beds and 6 staff members was operating in Karakol; two doctors worked in the venereal disease dispensary.
The head of the health department was Pyotr Ilyich Smorodin, and since May 1924, it was headed by Ivan Alekseyevich Lazhenitsyn, a graduate of Kazan University.
For many years, local hospitals employed doctor Voldemar Bekman and gynecologist Maria Yefimovna Khakhalyeva, who were married. Over thirty years of work in healthcare, they were awarded many state honors.
In 1928-1929, the Karakol hospital already had 60 beds: 22 in the therapeutic department, 38 in the surgical department, and 10 in the maternity ward. In 1930, an additional 10 beds were added to the maternity hospital.
Also, in 1928, a hospital was opened in Sazanovka, designed for 15 beds, where one doctor, a paramedic, and a midwife worked.
In the Tyup district, a hospital for 15 beds was opened in a renovated old building. Over time, medical institutions appeared in Pokrovka, Koltsovka, Cholpon-Ata, Novo-Voznesenovka, and Uytala (according to documents).
According to statistics, in 1927-1928, 6,852 patients were admitted in Pokrovka, 10,328 in Koltsovka, 3,331 in Cholpon-Ata, 3,857 in Novo-Voznesenovka, and 1,437 patients in Uytala.
On November 21, 1939, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the Issyk-Kul region was established, and the regional health department was created.
