Just before The Homeland War started, Croatia was experiencing a shortage of drugs, medical supplies, and that of weapons and ammunition, all of which were taken away by the Territorial Defense. The first Crisis Headquarters to be founded was the General Headquarters of the Medic al Corps, later known as the General Staff of the Medical Corps of the Republic of Croatia. It was founded with the goal of ensuring the medical system's preparedness for what awaits it during the aggression: providing healthcare for wounded soldiers, civilians, refugees; informing the public, and reorganizing the healthcare system to best respond to these situations. For this reason, a unitary, integrated civilian military healthcare system was established in whose organization, work, and strategic decision making, the Faculti es of Medicine played a major role. The main objective of the staff and student body was to reduce the potential damage. In accordance with their mission, School of Medicine of the University of Zagreb was ready to head the call of the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Crisis Staff health and had taken a major role in addressing humanitarian crises crises caused by the aggression on Croatia and the consequences that occurred in The Croatian Homeland W ar . Seeing as there were only two Faculties of Medicine at the start of the war: School of Medicine of the University of Zagreb with its branches in Split and Osijek and The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rijeka, it would be fair to conclude that it was their staff and that of the largest medical institutions, that contributed the most to the defense of the country by treating the ill and wounded and educating the troops in first aid administration. This is the reason why, at the end of the war, the mortality rate in wounded soldiers was below 1,5% which explains just how much the Faculties of Medicine have contributed to the establishment of independent Republic of Croatia.