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VLADIMIR STOJANOVIĆ, PRESIDENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KUČEVO
SWIFTER DIAGNOSIS And Treatment The Kučevo Health Centre has received an ultrasound machine, an analogue mammogram screener and a device for digitalising X-ray images. This new medical equipment, with a total value of 81,900 euros, will enable more accurate diagnostics and thus the more successful treatment of patients
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will enable regular screening for malignant breast tumours among women of a certain age, as well as control of previously diagnosed diseases. Waiting times for imaging will be reduced to a minimum, which is very important for early diagnosis and continued treatment. The ultrasound device is mainly included in diagnostic and control examinations of women and pregnant women, which was previously hindered due to the age of the existing device. Moreover, the ultrasound machine is also used to The project to improve healthcare in Serbia that’s being diagnose other conditions and diseases. The device for digiconducted by the Government of Japan also encompasses your small municipality. The donatalising analogue images has advanced Thanks to donations from the the X-ray and mammography system, tion was intended exclusively for the Kučevo Health Centre? Embassy of Japan, the quality as images are faster, more precise and easier to read. Apart from that, this - The donation from the Government of health services at the Health donation has reduced the consumption of Japan was intended for the Kučevo Health Centre and had the aim of im- Centre has been raised to a much of film and reagents used to develop analogue recordings. proving the quality of work and diaghigher level nostics, but also the availability of This isn’t the first donation to the Kučevo Health Centre? diagnostic services to patients in our municipality. Thanks What did you previously receive from Japan? to this donation, patients from the territory of Kučevo - This was the second donation to the Kučevo Health Centre, municipality no longer have to travel to larger centres to which confirms the success of the previous project to secomplete individual examinations. cure an X-ray machine, a biochemical analyser and a water To what extent have the ultrasound machine, analogue purification device. The Embassy of Japan donated an X-ray mammogram screener and X-ray image digitalisation demachine to the Kučevo Health Centre in 2012 that is still used in diagnostics today, as well as a biochemical device vice – worth a combined total of €81,690 – raised the qualfor the needs of the laboratory and diagnostic purposes ity of health services for citizens of Kučevo? in the laboratory. - The introduction of the analogue mammogram screener he Government of Japan will continue to provide assistance to cater for the basic needs of the population to the benefit of all citizens of Serbia, said Kučevo municipal president Vladimir Stojanović, speaking at the official presenting of the donation, adding that he hopes that the already good relations between the two countries will be even better in the future.
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