DINNER IN HONOUR OF DR. CONSTANTINIDIS AND HIS TEAM AT THE WHITE PALACE

Belgrade, 12 December 2002 – TRH Crown Prince Aleksandar II and Crown Princess Katherine organized a formal dinner at the White Palace in Dedinje last night, in honour of their guests from Greece, Dr. Constantin Constantinidis, Mrs. Titi Apostolopulous and Mr. Vasilis Apostolopulous.

Dr. Constantin Constantinidis is a top laparoscopic surgeon, the chief of special General, Laser and Laparoscopic Surgery Ward in Medical Center Athens.

Dr. Constantinidis will perform several most advanced operations of diaphragm hernia that haven’t been applied in our country so far, at the First Surgical Clinic of the Clinical Center of Serbia, after which he will give a lecture on “Laparoscopic approach to treating diaphragm hernia and gerd”.

Mrs. Titi Apostolopulous is the wife of George Apostolopulous, Chairman of “G. Apostolopulous Holdings SA.”, a group that operates in the areas of health care, manufacturing, marketing, insurance, construction, real estate and information technologies, and that owns Medical Center Athens, as well as a chain of health facilities in Greece and other Balkan countries.

Mr. Vasilis Apostolopulous is the vice chairman and CEO of “G. Apostolopulous Holdings SA”.

Among the invitees were Minister of Health Mr. Tomica Milosavljevic, the director of the Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases Dr. Bosko Djukanovic, the director of Clinical Centre of Serbia Prof. Dr. Vojko Djukic, the deputy director of the Clinical Centre of Serbia and the director of the Institute for Digestive Diseases Prof. Dr. Predrag Pesko, the chief of the Neuromuscular ward of the Institute for Neurology Prof. Dr. Slobodan Apostoloski, the Dean of the School of Medicine at Belgrade University and the director of the Institute for Neurology of the Clinical Center of Serbia Prof. Dr. Vladimir Kostic, Dr. Zoran Vesic and the chief of the World Bank Office in Yugoslavia Rory O’Sullivan.

At this private dinner, current situation in our health care system and other issues of health protection and insurance were discussed.