Real doctors were indeed rare on U-boats, if a serious problem arose the captain had to radio for help and hope there was a boat with a doctor aboard in the reasonable vicinity. However, every U-boat had a "Sanitäter" which you could translate as a male nurse, these guys knew some things about medical treatement, could stitch one together but they could not operate like a doctor could. Although I suspect they did things beyond their work if the situtation demanded it (like closing a bleeding vain and stuff like that).
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