30.07.2018.
Day of the Medical Service marked
The ceremony on the occasion of the celebration of the 30th July - the Day of the Medical Service was held at the Central Military Club in Belgrade, in the presence of State Secretary in the Ministry of Defence Bojan Jocić, State Secretary in the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs Nenad Nerić, representatives of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces, employees in military healthcare and numerous guests.
– Do not forget, you are an important pillar in the healthcare of the Republic of Serbia, State Secretary Jocić said, adding that the improvement of the working conditions of military medical staff will be for the benefit of not only the members of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces, but for the civil society too.
Addressing the audience, Head of Military Healthcare Department Colonel Dr. Ugljesa Jovičić stressed that the marking of important dates inevitably brings us back to the past and is always an opportunity to express gratitude to those without whom the organized medical service in the present form would not be possible.
According to him, in the past year, military healthcare was faced with great challenges, but a lot was done to accomplish the tasks of all medical, dental and pharmaceutical services that represent the military healthcare system. He added that one of the priorities in the work - reorganization of military healthcare, was realised with the aim of improving the work of members of the medical units the Serbian Armed Forces, military medical centres in Belgrade, military hospitals in Niš and Novi Sad and the Military Medical Academy.