Split is the biggest medical center on The Croatian Adriatic coast, which takes care over more one million people from Southem Croatia, the region Lika, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The healthcare has developed bere during centuries. Nowadays on the territory or the town work more than Dne hundred private specialist ambulances, two hospitals ?Firule and Križine), day hospital (dom zdravlja) and pharmacies. A similar situation is in the other parts or the region. In all cities there is developed the service or specialist doctors, and in little villages there is a general doctor. The working time is usual from 8 to 20 o clock. A duty service is usually organized on Saturdays, Sundays and on holidays. The net or pharmacies is very developed, so that a medicine can be round in every village.