JAPANESE DONATIONS TO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OF SERBIA

Total value of the Japanese Government donations is $ 5 million

Belgrade, 8 April 2004 – HRH Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine attended the celebration of marking the success of the three year project of the Japanese Government assistance to our health care system, in cooperation with Serbian Ministry of Health, Japanese Embassy in Belgrade and many other consultant agencies and partners, held at the First Surgical Clinic.

Beside Their Royal Highnesses, general manager of the Clinical Center Prof. Dr. Vojko Djukic and the management of the Clinical Center, the celebration was attended by HE the Ambassador of Japan Mr. Tanabe, HE the Minister of Health Prof. Dr. Tomica Milosavljevic and the delegation of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

One of the most important contributions to this project certainly has been the construction of the new Caesarean section operation room at the Institute for Gynecology and Obstetrics of the Clinical Center of Serbia, named after HRH Crown Princess Katherine and carried out under patronage of the Foundation of HRH Crown Princess Katherine.

This project, completed on the 8 March - the International Women’s Day and the Day of the Institute for Gynecology and Obstetrics, in the words of HRH Crown Princess Katherine, will help our children to come to this world safely.

“Everyone stands behind one’s own deeds, our work shows what we are like. I am very happy that my Foundation has recognized the real needs of our health care system and taken part in this joint project. As long as we work together and carefully listen to our people’s needs, we will be able to provide a healthy future for our children”, said the Princess in her speech and invited her husband, HRH Crown Prince Alexander II to address the present.

Greeting the distinguished guests and doctors and nurses, the Crown Prince expressed his gratitude to the Japanese Government and the people of Japan for their great assistance to the Clinical Center of Serbia, and emphasized that being on top of the most advanced achievements in medicine is of crucial importance for better diagnostics and patient treatments.

The total value of the Japanese Government donation is $ 5 million, which provided over 300 new machines installed in more than 50 functional units, and over 500 experts were trained in contemporary advanced methods in medicine