New Japanese donation to health care sector

New Japanese donation to health care sector

Through this donation, Japan will provide medical equipment for hospitals, which includes an endoscopic system, diagnostic ultrasound system and digital x-ray, and this equipment will help improve the health of the Serbian people, Kuroki said at the signing ceremony on Monday.

He believes the people from the areas hit by this year's floods will also get better health care with this equipment, according to the statement from the Japanese embassy.

The Japanese government has so far donated EUR 26 million to the Serbian health care, including mammographs, ambulances and EKG machines for hospitals throughout Serbia.

A Serbian saying says that a healthy man has a million desires, while a sick man has only one, to get better, and this donation is Japan's contribution to achieving that one desire, Kuroki said, adding that he hoped this latest donation would help strengthen the friendly relations between Japan and Serbia even further.

Health care is one of the priorities of Japan's cooperation with Serbia, says the statement, adding that Japan's total donations to Serbia since 1999 now stand at around EUR 460 million.