Wounded Libyans treated at Serbia's top military clinic

Twenty-two "injured Libyans" are currently receiving treatment at the Military Medical Academy (VMA) in Belgrade, it has been announced. A protocol signed between Serbian and Libyan medical corps also envisages training for doctors from the two countries, reports said. Wounded Libyans treated at Serbia's top military clinic The protocol was signed in late May, during a visit paid by the delegation of the health care administration at the Libyan Defense Ministry and military hospitals in Tripoli and talks with representatives of the Libyan medical corps, Tanjug learned at the VMA on Wednesday. Head of the VMA Treatment Department Colonel Stevan Sikimic said that the Serbian authorities agreed with the Libyan side to facilitate participation of the VMA professionals in the treatment and organization of Libya's health care centers. “The protocol covered the treatment of Libyan patients, so it was agreed that those who suffered injuries in the recent war should from time to time come to Serbia in groups so as to receive an adequate treatment,” he specified. “In addition to this, the protocol envisages that Libyan medical corps should receive various types of training at the VMA,” he noted. Sikimic said that the VMA has had good cooperation with the Libyan health system for quite a long time, and that around 40 Libyan doctors completed various specialty trainings at the VMA. The visit to Libya was organized from May 25-28, during which the authorities agreed on "various forms of assistance programs related to the treatment of the injured and disabled veterans". A file photo of a war-torn Libyan town (Beta) Tanjug

Wounded Libyans treated at Serbia's top military clinic

The protocol was signed in late May, during a visit paid by the delegation of the health care administration at the Libyan Defense Ministry and military hospitals in Tripoli and talks with representatives of the Libyan medical corps, Tanjug learned at the VMA on Wednesday.

Head of the VMA Treatment Department Colonel Stevan Sikimić said that the Serbian authorities agreed with the Libyan side to facilitate participation of the VMA professionals in the treatment and organization of Libya's health care centers.

“The protocol covered the treatment of Libyan patients, so it was agreed that those who suffered injuries in the recent war should from time to time come to Serbia in groups so as to receive an adequate treatment,” he specified.

“In addition to this, the protocol envisages that Libyan medical corps should receive various types of training at the VMA,” he noted.

Sikimić said that the VMA has had good cooperation with the Libyan health system for quite a long time, and that around 40 Libyan doctors completed various specialty trainings at the VMA.

The visit to Libya was organized from May 25-28, during which the authorities agreed on "various forms of assistance programs related to the treatment of the injured and disabled veterans".