THE CHANCELLERY OF
H.R.H. CROWN PRINCE Alexander II
OF YUGOSLAVIA

SAFE DELIVERY PROGRAMME SUPPORTED BY THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES

DELIVERY OF 750.000 EUROS OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE IN KRAGUJEVAC, NIS, NOVI SAD AND BELGRADE

Belgrade 4 September 2006 - Thanks to the support of the National Bank of Greece, Eurobank and many Greek friends and supporters of Their Royal Highnesses an event in Athens attended by four Greek ministers resulted in this successful effort.

This is in continuation of the effort of the NICU program (Neonatal Intensive Care Units) which started in 2005 by the Foundation of HRH Princess Katherine and Lifeline Humanitarian Organisation in cooperation with the Serbian NICU directors of the centres of Nis, Novi Sad Kragujevac and Belgrade and of the doctors of the NICU of the hospitals in Athens.

The aim of this humanitarian endeavour of HRH Crown Princess Katherine that Lifeline Hellas supported was meet urgent requirement to upgrade the Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the cities of Belgrade, Nis, Novi Sad, Kragujevac in Serbia.

Every participant was asked by the Foundation of HRH PK and Lifeline Hellas to donate 10.000 euros for the dinner for two in order to fulfil the goal of helping Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Serbia. On this occasion, four ministers of the Greek Government attended the event in Athens together with large number of Greek donors.

Further efforts were made by Lifeline Humanitarian Organization to have events in London, San Francisco and Palm Beach Florida, where TRH attended in an effort to continue this vital action. Lifeline Humanitarian Organization with the offices in Athens, London, Chicago and New York fully supported endeavors of HRH Crown Princess Katherine.

This week’s deliveries of the medical equipments to hospitals and Clinical Centres in Serbia include: Monday - delivering the medical equipment to Hospitals and Clinical Centres in Kragujevac and Nis; Tuesday - Their Royal Highnesses are visiting Novi Sad, where medical apparatus will be delivered as well; Belgrade - 18 September, when the great medical delivery will be organized for hospitals and Clinical Centre in Belgrade.

During their visit to Kragujevac, Their Royal Highnesses delivered necessary new medical apparatuses that will improve the facilities of the Neonatal intensive care units and improve medical care to the mothers and newborn babies. Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine thanked to the people of good will and the great donors from Greece for their kindness and great heart during this humanitarian action. After Their Royal Highnesses arrival to Clinical Centre in Nis, where number of valuable, modern, new medical apparatus were donated.

Their Royal Highnesses also visited Kraljevo today where they have met with doctors from Studenica medical centre to donate a cat-scan along with the equipment for Gynaecology Department of the Centre. This donation was made possible thanks to Lifeline Humanitarian Organization Canada in the support of the efforts

During their visit to SOS Kinderdorf (Children Village) Facilities in Kraljevo, Crown Prince and Princess donated humanitarian help, food, clothing, bicycles and toys to children that are under protection of that institution.

   

 

 

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