Subject: [yugoslaviainfo] Medical Health Care Crisis in Yugoslavia
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 23:07:40 -0500 (CDT)
From: Predrag Tosic
To: yugoslaviainfo <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
THE HELLENIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
URGENT REQUEST FOR HELP
MEDICAL HEALTH CARE CRISIS IN YUGOSLAVIA
HMS DRIVE FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
The Hellenic Medical Society of New York, a
leader nationally among ethnic medical societies is
sponsoring a medical humanitarian drive in which medical
supplies and medical equipment are being sent to
hospitals in Yugoslavia where there is a serious and
escalating health care crisis.
Recently a 40 ft. medical container was sent to a
leading pediatric hospital in Belgrade the value of
which was more then US $ 150,000. We are now targeting a
hospital in Pancevo for help.
Pancevo is a highly industrialized, petrochemical
center not far from Belgrade, that was bombed repeatedly
in 1999, releasing toxic fumes and substances above and
below ground. The result is an ecological disaster for
the entire area in which there has been a 500% increase
in mortality rate since 1999 and where cancer cases have
soared from 2.000 to 10.000 new cases a year!
Pancevo hospital is a full service hospital
(Surgery, Internal medicine, Gynecology, Obstetrics,
Pediatrics, Neurology, Oncology, Dermatology,
Ophthalmology, and Dentistry). It has 750 beds and
serves an area encompassing 200.000 people of various
ethnic groups.
Since the dissolution of Yugoslavia and after 10
years of sanctions and the fall of the Milosevic's
regime - the new democratically elected government finds
itself bankrupt and unable to support the health care
system, which is in a state of collapse. And, though
humanitarian agencies and NGOs are trying to help, the
needs far outstep current demands.
BASIC NEEDS
Pancevo hospital needs everything, from blankets
and sheets to every kind of medical supplies and
equipment, including diagnostic equipment for detecting
cancer.
We are sending an URGENT REQUEST FOR MEDICAL
SUPPLIES AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT of every kind and type.
We have a collection site and will transport any
equipment or medical supplies that are donated. (ALL
DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE)
Recently, our representatives in Belgrade met
with the American ambassador, William Montgomery, who
said he fully supported the efforts of HMS and would
give us any help we needed. He agreed that the health
care system was a disaster and he was grateful for the
help HMS was offering.
If you can supply us with any kind of medical
equipment or supplies, you can be sure you are helping
to save precious human lives. You will also bring some
hope to a desperate population where individuals under
the strain of economic hardship are even selling their
kidneys in the black market in order to survive. The
average life span in Yugoslavia is now 48 years old.
As the Director of Pancevo Hospital said sadly
after a recent tour of the hospital: "We have simply
been forgotten."
Medical supplies, new or used (but in working
condition) medical equipment that is often discarded in
this rich land of America can be life saving treasures
for hospitals in crisis. For the nominal price of
transportation, HMS can send a container valued at from
US $ 100,000 to US $ 300,000 in medical help.
We would like to be able to say to the people of
Yugoslavia "You have not been forgotten"
Will you join us in our effort?
Please contact:
Anthony Vasilas, M.D.
Advisor Emeritus, Tel. (516) 627-1894; Fax: (516) 869-
1178
Representatives:
Mila Lazarevich - Nolan, Tel. (212) 570-5782; Fax: (212)
717-6088
Dusan & Djina Dragic, Tel. (914) 946-2606; Fax: 946-
4649;
E-mail: DDragic@...
Mark Milich, Tel. (516) 944-2733
Please note:
HMS is also accepting financial donations, which are
also tax deductible. This money will go toward shipping
expenses and to purchase medical supplies and equipment
to supplement our shipments.
Checks may be made payable to:
Hellenic Medical Society of New York
Attention: Dr. Anthony Vasilas
For Yugoslav medical relief
80 Gristmill Lane
Manhasset, NY 11030
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 23:07:40 -0500 (CDT)
From: Predrag Tosic
To: yugoslaviainfo <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
THE HELLENIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
URGENT REQUEST FOR HELP
MEDICAL HEALTH CARE CRISIS IN YUGOSLAVIA
HMS DRIVE FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
The Hellenic Medical Society of New York, a
leader nationally among ethnic medical societies is
sponsoring a medical humanitarian drive in which medical
supplies and medical equipment are being sent to
hospitals in Yugoslavia where there is a serious and
escalating health care crisis.
Recently a 40 ft. medical container was sent to a
leading pediatric hospital in Belgrade the value of
which was more then US $ 150,000. We are now targeting a
hospital in Pancevo for help.
Pancevo is a highly industrialized, petrochemical
center not far from Belgrade, that was bombed repeatedly
in 1999, releasing toxic fumes and substances above and
below ground. The result is an ecological disaster for
the entire area in which there has been a 500% increase
in mortality rate since 1999 and where cancer cases have
soared from 2.000 to 10.000 new cases a year!
Pancevo hospital is a full service hospital
(Surgery, Internal medicine, Gynecology, Obstetrics,
Pediatrics, Neurology, Oncology, Dermatology,
Ophthalmology, and Dentistry). It has 750 beds and
serves an area encompassing 200.000 people of various
ethnic groups.
Since the dissolution of Yugoslavia and after 10
years of sanctions and the fall of the Milosevic's
regime - the new democratically elected government finds
itself bankrupt and unable to support the health care
system, which is in a state of collapse. And, though
humanitarian agencies and NGOs are trying to help, the
needs far outstep current demands.
BASIC NEEDS
Pancevo hospital needs everything, from blankets
and sheets to every kind of medical supplies and
equipment, including diagnostic equipment for detecting
cancer.
We are sending an URGENT REQUEST FOR MEDICAL
SUPPLIES AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT of every kind and type.
We have a collection site and will transport any
equipment or medical supplies that are donated. (ALL
DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE)
Recently, our representatives in Belgrade met
with the American ambassador, William Montgomery, who
said he fully supported the efforts of HMS and would
give us any help we needed. He agreed that the health
care system was a disaster and he was grateful for the
help HMS was offering.
If you can supply us with any kind of medical
equipment or supplies, you can be sure you are helping
to save precious human lives. You will also bring some
hope to a desperate population where individuals under
the strain of economic hardship are even selling their
kidneys in the black market in order to survive. The
average life span in Yugoslavia is now 48 years old.
As the Director of Pancevo Hospital said sadly
after a recent tour of the hospital: "We have simply
been forgotten."
Medical supplies, new or used (but in working
condition) medical equipment that is often discarded in
this rich land of America can be life saving treasures
for hospitals in crisis. For the nominal price of
transportation, HMS can send a container valued at from
US $ 100,000 to US $ 300,000 in medical help.
We would like to be able to say to the people of
Yugoslavia "You have not been forgotten"
Will you join us in our effort?
Please contact:
Anthony Vasilas, M.D.
Advisor Emeritus, Tel. (516) 627-1894; Fax: (516) 869-
1178
Representatives:
Mila Lazarevich - Nolan, Tel. (212) 570-5782; Fax: (212)
717-6088
Dusan & Djina Dragic, Tel. (914) 946-2606; Fax: 946-
4649;
E-mail: DDragic@...
Mark Milich, Tel. (516) 944-2733
Please note:
HMS is also accepting financial donations, which are
also tax deductible. This money will go toward shipping
expenses and to purchase medical supplies and equipment
to supplement our shipments.
Checks may be made payable to:
Hellenic Medical Society of New York
Attention: Dr. Anthony Vasilas
For Yugoslav medical relief
80 Gristmill Lane
Manhasset, NY 11030