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Primary health care greatly improved
Zrenjanin,
8 April 2008
Serbian Minister of Health Tomica Milosavljevic said today in Zrenjanin that thanks to the adoption of several laws and investments into health centres, primary health care in Serbia has been considerably improved.
At a press conference regarding the joint project of the Ministry of Health and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) themed “The Policy of Primary Health Care in the Balkans”, Milosavljevic recalled that €60 million from the National Investment Plan was invested in the procurement of equipment for health centres in Serbia.
He pointed out that the availability and accessibility of primary health care services are also influenced by the possibility to choose a general practitioner.
We tried to explain to the citizens that having their own practitioner is a privilege for them, but so far only one in four patients has chosen their doctor, said Milosavljevic and announced that the Ministry will introduce the “white line” this year in order to improve telephone communication with citizens.
The conference was organised by the Serbian Ministry of Health and CIDA as part of a working meeting taking place on April 7–8. The meeting explores the availability of primary health care services from the perspective of various factors involved, primarily health centres.
Apart from representatives from various associations of beneficiaries of health services, also present at the meeting were representatives of the Ministry of Health, Serbian Health Insurance Office and the Serbian Public Health Institute, as well as representatives of the local self-government and health centres.
State Secretary of Health Tomislav Stantic, project director Orville Adams and director of the Secanj health centre Zorica Marinic also addressed conference participants, and afterwards representatives of 12 health centres signed a charter on cooperation.
He pointed out that the availability and accessibility of primary health care services are also influenced by the possibility to choose a general practitioner.
We tried to explain to the citizens that having their own practitioner is a privilege for them, but so far only one in four patients has chosen their doctor, said Milosavljevic and announced that the Ministry will introduce the “white line” this year in order to improve telephone communication with citizens.
The conference was organised by the Serbian Ministry of Health and CIDA as part of a working meeting taking place on April 7–8. The meeting explores the availability of primary health care services from the perspective of various factors involved, primarily health centres.
Apart from representatives from various associations of beneficiaries of health services, also present at the meeting were representatives of the Ministry of Health, Serbian Health Insurance Office and the Serbian Public Health Institute, as well as representatives of the local self-government and health centres.
State Secretary of Health Tomislav Stantic, project director Orville Adams and director of the Secanj health centre Zorica Marinic also addressed conference participants, and afterwards representatives of 12 health centres signed a charter on cooperation.
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