until the morning. Just before discharge a smartly attired young doctor entered our room with an entourage of students. He was somewhat taken aback to find two foreigners with whom he could not converse and left after a short while. I was given a pill and left the hospital in a car provided by Intourist. Thus ended my brush with the Soviet health service. My fellow patient received some aftercare as he vomited blood during one of his bouts of sickness and an ulcer was, I believe, suspected. His

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... request to travel by air instead ofby coach as scheduled was acceded to and he was afforded every facility and help until we reached our next destination. DoRoTHY J TROrr Brighton BN1 8WR