Ultrasound to Hospital in Pančevo

Pančevo Hospital serves around 300,000 people across the South Banat region. 

SAMA first visited Pančevo Hospital during our trip to Serbia in October 2016.  The internal medicine and hospital reception departments were in a particularly bad state, with poor sanitary conditions, water leaks in a number of places, and old and inadequate furniture. Both of these departments were in desperate need of major renovations, however the cost of these projects was well beyond SAMA’s means. Following our visit, we met with Dr. Slobodan Ovuka, director of the hospital to discuss a possible collaboration with SAMA. During this discussion, it was brought to our attention that the urology department lacked a functional ultrasound system.  Instead urology patients were taken to the radiology department, which is quite remote, even for basic diagnostic screenings. 

In 2016, the hospital performed 1,600 ultrasound screenings for urology patients through the radiology department. In July 27, 2017, we delivered a new Mindray DC-N3 Ultrasound System.  The new system will greatly improve the quality of health care for patients, enabling doctors to provide complete diagnostic treatments within the Urology Department. 

The funds for this donation were collected at the SAMA Walk in Washington DC and the SAMA-Canada Walk in Toronto, Canada.

• Media coverage of donation

http://www.bolnicapancevo.rs/Vest-samadonacija.html