A CONGRESS OF ANAESTHETISTS OFFICIALLY OPENED

Belgrade, 30 September 2004 - HRH Crown Prince Alexander II and Princess Katherine have attended tonight at the City Assembly the official opening of “ASDA 04”, the international congress of anaesthetists.

At the beginning the guests were greeted by professor Vickovic, who has stressed in his speech that this congress was dedicated to the latest achievements in anaesthesia. The highly praised experts in this field, from our country and abroad, have registered for the Congress.

HRH Crown Prince Alexander then addressed the guests. He expressed his pleasure in seeing there a great number of experts in this important field of medicine.

“I am very delighted to be able to open a Congress of anaesthetists and for being its Patron. I am sure that this will be an opportunity for exchange of important experience in this essential field of medicine and that our patients will benefit from it. A responsibility of you doctors, anaesthetists, is enormous. You have in your hands human lives and you fight for them daily. I am convinced that it must be an exceptional joy when your fight is victorious”, stressed in his speech the Crown Prince.

The participants will be given the opportunity through lectures and talks to exchange experience and fill up gaps in knowledge in this branch of medicine, in order to secure as high-quality treatment for the patients as possible.