{"id":19727,"date":"2009-04-30T18:00:39","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visit-ulcinj.com\/blog\/?p=19727"},"modified":"2009-04-30T18:00:39","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T16:00:39","slug":"united-states-donates-medical-equipment-to-hospital-in-ulcinj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visit-ulcinj.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/30\/united-states-donates-medical-equipment-to-hospital-in-ulcinj\/","title":{"rendered":"United States Donates Medical Equipment to Hospital in Ulcinj"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19728\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visit-ulcinj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ribbon-cutting-ceremony_kontos_captain-davies-and-mayor-hajdinaga_ulcinj_montenegro.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19728\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19728\" title=\"ribbon-cutting-ceremony_kontos_captain-davies-and-mayor-hajdinaga_ulcinj_montenegro\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visit-ulcinj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ribbon-cutting-ceremony_kontos_captain-davies-and-mayor-hajdinaga_ulcinj_montenegro.jpg\" alt=\"Ribbon cutting ceremony: CoM Kontos, Captain Davies and Mayor Hajdinaga\" width=\"570\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ribbon cutting ceremony: CoM Kontos, Captain Davies and Mayor Hajdinaga<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the same time in Ulcinj, Ambassador Moore\u2019s deputy, Mr. Stephen L. Kontos, presented at the Health Centre another donation provided by the U.S. Military\u2019s European Command, consisting of EKG monitors, defibrillators and other related medical equipment with a total value of $25,170.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visit-ulcinj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/united-states-donates-medical-equipment-to-hospital-in-ulcinj.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19730\" title=\"united-states-donates-medical-equipment-to-hospital-in-ulcinj\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visit-ulcinj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/united-states-donates-medical-equipment-to-hospital-in-ulcinj.jpg\" alt=\"united-states-donates-medical-equipment-to-hospital-in-ulcinj\" width=\"570\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDuring a formal ribbon cutting ceremony, Ulcinj, April 15, 2009: Formal ribbon cutting ceremony on the occasion of the U.S. donation of medical equipment to the Health Centre the donation was presented to and accepted by the city\u2019s Mayor, Mr. Gzim Hajdinaga (DUA), who praised in his thanking remarks the sincere friendship which links the American people to Ulcinj, notably referring to the fruitful exchange program of medical knowledge and skills involving for two years now the Health Centre and volunteer doctors and nurses from the Jacobi Medical Center and the Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, NY. On the occasion, Mayor Hajdinaga warmly thanked Dr. Robert B. Bristow, Emergency Physician at the Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, and Dr. Evia A. Nano, Family Practice Physician, Associate Director of the Illyria Family Practice Center at the Jacobi Medical Center, both present at the donation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>According to this exchange program, volunteers are sent to Montenegro by pair, for a period of two to four weeks during the summer, with a specific plan for what they wish to teach and accomplish, passing along valuable skills and techniques for treatment to their Montenegrin counterparts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ulcinj, April 15, 2009: Donation ceremony of medical equipment to the Health Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the exchange program, Dr. Nano indicated that \u201cUlcinj was chosen because many of the patients at Jacobi and Columbia-Presbyterian go over there for the summer or vacation,\u201d adding that Summer 2009 courses will be held on handling major emergencies, with specific training in disaster management. She also explained that the program will be focused next year on training their Montenegrin counterparts on how to safely and efficiently transfer patients \u2014 a common occurrence for patients admitted in Ulcinj out of which many of them are transferred to the larger hospital in Bar, especially during the summer months when the town population significantly increases from tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Ending the event in the city, U.S. sailors from the USS KLAKRING subsequently paid a friendly visit to the local private High School \u201cDrita\u201d, and had a meeting with retired ship captains in Ulcinj.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visit-ulcinj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/visit-to-the-local-private-high-school-drita_ulcinj_montenegro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19731\" title=\"visit-to-the-local-private-high-school-drita_ulcinj_montenegro\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visit-ulcinj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/visit-to-the-local-private-high-school-drita_ulcinj_montenegro.jpg\" alt=\"visit-to-the-local-private-high-school-drita_ulcinj_montenegro\" width=\"570\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/podgorica.usembassy.gov\/medical_equipment_ulcinj.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Embassy of the United States<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the same time in Ulcinj, Ambassador Moore\u2019s deputy, Mr. Stephen L. 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