"It has been brought to our attention that pictures of Stalin have not been displayed in all hospital sick rooms," intoned the Communist Party Central Committee in Budapest last week. "Contact of the soul [with Stalin] is exceptionally important in hospitals. In the operating room, in particular, Stalin's portrait should be mounted in such a position that the patient on the operating table looks straight into Stalin's eyes. The patient should know that Stalin always guards over him."
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