Dr. Mirko Mrdjen contacted SAMA in May 2017 asking for a new defibrillator (from Dr. Mrdjen’s letter: “… we are in danger that we couldn’t help a vital endangered patients and we could lose cherished time directing patient to Department for Internal diseases with existing device… Recently we had such a case-a boy suffering from Hypertrophyc cardiomyopathy who experienced a cardiac arrest“).
SAMA collected donations for a new defibrillator during our 2nd annual SAMA Canada walk in Toronto. After the necessary funds were collected, we engaged with Trivax, and purchased the new defibrillator, which was delivered in early August.
A new Nihon-Kohden 1521K defibrillator with pads for children was delivered to Dr Mirko Mrdjen at the Hospital in Loznica.
Again many thanks to all who contributed to this beautiful and life-saving project!
Letter from Dr. Mrdjen
Dear Mr/Ms,
My name is Mirko Mrdjen and I work in Department for pediatrics of General hospital in Loznica, Serbia. Also, I’m children cardiologist and lead Department for pediatric cardiology.
My work as a cardiologist includes general cardiologic examinations (auscultation, ECG, blood pressure measurement). Also we use additional methods for assessment of patients (echocardiography, treadmill ergometry, 24 hours ECG holter monitoring, 24 hours blood pressure monitoring).
Unfortunately, despite of my own enthusiasm and optimism, there is an obvious lack of modern devices for better and more exact examination.
In January 2016. we got a very precious donation from SAMA, a new and modern ECG device which helps us a lot.
But, unfortunately in our Department we still don’t have Cardioverter defibrillator. So, we are in danger that we couldn’t help a vital endangered patients and we could lose cherished time directing patient to Department for Internal diseases with existing device, but, unfortunately, adequate for adults again.
Recently we had such a case-a boy suffering from Hypertrophyc cardiomyopathy who experienced a cardiac arrest. Thanks to God, and lucky circumstances that the staff and Defibrillator device from Emergency Unit were available at this moment, the boys life was saved.I’m writing to your organization In good hope that you can help us to improve our work with children with heart problems by possible donation of a Cardioverter Defibilator. This device is really and vary indispensable for us.
We will use these device with a huge thankfulness and full responsibility (as well as we use the ECG device donated by SAMA). You can check this data to make sure that we will doing our work responsibly and correctly and that we justified trust given to us from you .
I’m sending to you my best wishe and will be very happy to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Dr Mirko Mrdjen
pediatrician and cardiologist
General Hospital
Loznica, Serbia
Adress: Opšta bolnica Loznica
Ulica: dr Marina br.65 Loznica
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