ROYAL COUPLE DELIVER MAMMOGRAPHY MACHINE TO PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE ODZACI, GAVE EASTER PRESENTS TO CHILDREN AND ATTENDED GALLERY OPENING IN HONOUR OF SAVA STOJKOV IN SOMBOR

Belgrade, 29 March 2010 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine, together with Dr Tomislav Stantic, State Secretary at the Ministry of Health, delivered a mammography machine to the Primary Health Centre Odzaci this afternoon.

This valuable donation was purchased thanks to Lifeline Humanitarian Organization from Chicago and the HRH Crown Princess Foundation.

In her speech Princess Katherine emphasized: “It is a great pleasure that I have the opportunity to deliver this valuable donation. Breast cancer is a huge problem for our country that can be resolved by implementing adequate programmes. It is of great importance that all structures of our society engage in preventing this terrible disease. I would also like to emphasize that my Foundation strongly supports the Serbia against cancer National program, and so far has donated one mobile digital mammography unit and three mammography machines to health institutions in Serbia”.

Later on, The Royal Couple together with Dr. Tomislav Stantic visited the refugee camp “Srpski Miletic”, Home for children without parental care “Mika Antic” in Sombor and Health Centre in Sombor where they delivered clothes and sweets to the children for the Easter holidays.

Following the programme, Their Royal Highnesses attended the opening of the Gallery for the 65th anniversary of work and 85th birthday of painter Sava Stojkov. The ceremony was officially opened by Dr. Bojan Pajtic, President of the Executive Council of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The event was also attended by: Dr. Slobodan Milosavljevic, Minister of Trade and Services, Mr. Milorad Djuric, Secretary for Culture of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Mr. Radovan Jelasic, Governor of the Central Bank and many others.