Air Conditioning Units for hospitalized children in Serbia

Many hospitals in Serbia are not equipped with cooling units. This particularly affects babies, new mothers, children, and older patients, especially the ones with chronic diseases and the post-op patient.  After recovering from various surgeries, patients are often crammed together in rooms where the temperatures can reach 110 -120F.  In addition to being extremely uncomfortable, these patients who are often bed-bound, are exposed to a significant risk for post-operative infections due to the high temperatures, and humidity. See video

In 2013, SAMA initiated a campaign to buy and install AC units for pediatric patients in various hospitals throughout Serbia. These AC units were purchased directly by SAMA and delivered to the hospitals, where they were installed by contractors hired by us.

In June 2013, SAMA raised enough money to purchase and install 10 AC units.  We were able to install 4 AC units in the Pediatric ward of the Neurosurgical Hospital in Belgrade, 4 units in the Pediatric ENT ward of the Hospital “Dragiša Mišović” in Čačak, and 2 units in the adult Urology ward of the General Hospital in Kraljevo.