THE ROYAL COUPLE DELIVERED MAMMOGRAPHY MACHINE TO PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE ODZACI, GAVE EASTER PRESENTS TO CHILDREN AND ATTENDED OPENING
OF THE GALLERY 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 mammography machine to Primary Health Centre Odzaci this afternoon.

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

While addressing the present 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 themselves in preventing this terrible disease. I would also like to emphasize that my Foundation is strongly supporting 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 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 on the occasion of upcoming Easter holidays.

Following the programme, Their Royal Highnesses attended opening of the Gallery on the occasion of 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. 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 and many others.