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X. MEDICAL.
39. The medical situation continued to require constant enlargement of hospitals in the operational area and strained India's inadequate resources to the utmost. Malaria remained the chief problem. During the Arakan operations casualties from malaria were extremely heavy, and the sick rate in Assam was also high. Weekly admissions to hospital in Eastern Army reached 10,000 in June, of which over half were due to malaria.
A Medical Mission from the United Kingdom visited India to investigate our shortage of medical personnel, and made valuable recommendations.
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