Abstract
<jats:p>This article analyzes both the changes that the healthcare system of Grodno and Grodno district underwent between 1939 and 1941, and the staff of physicians in the reorganized and newly created healthcare institutions of the city and district at that time. According to maximum data, in mid-1940, the number of medical institutions, excluding pharmacies, was 18 in Grodno, and 7 in Grodno district. Available data for the end of 1940 and the first half of 1941 showed that only 17 people out of 103 came from the so-called "old" districts of the USSR. The remaining 86 people, including 10 refugees from central Poland i.e., 83.5% worked as physicians in the territory of the Second Polish Republic. The scientific novelty of this article lies in the fact that the presented data regarding the staff of physicians in Grodno and Grodno district in 1939-1941 are based on the findings of the study. Previously unpublished, these findings are being introduced into academic use for the first time. The theoretical and practical significance of this article lies in its potential for implementation in comprehensive works on the history of medicine in Belarus in general, and in Grodno and Grodno district in particular. It will serve to preserve the memory of those who contributed to the development of our district, not to mention that most of them were killed in the subsequent years of the German occupation.</jats:p>