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TRH's Crown Princess Katherine and Crown Prince Alexander with the mobile digital mammography van. 		BREAST CANCER PROJECT

Serbia has the highest breast cancer mortality rate in Europe. Medical institutions lack necessary screening and diagnostic equipment. In cooperation with LIFELINE New York and the Ministry of Health of Serbia, we received a grant for digital mammography equipment that will be installed in a mobile van unit that will travel throughout Serbia. Forty additional mammography machines are needed to implement a screening program. At this time only 3 digital machines are located in Serbia. We need your help to complete this essential project.


CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE DEPARTMENT at the University Children's Hospital in Belgrade.

Currently in Serbia there is no comprehensive center for congenital heart disease, specializing in the treatment of GUCH (Grown Up Congenital Heart) patients. We aim to establish a national center of high professional and ethical standards, based on the training and support of experienced cardiac surgeons, like Professor Afksendyios Kalangos and his team from Geneva, Switzerland. The goal includes becoming the regional GUCH center for Southeastern Europe. With that purpose, the new department was opened at the University Children's Hospital in Belgrade. Through donations and immense support from Professor Kalangos, we were able to purchase the essential equipment. At this point we still need a fully equipped operating theater. The value of this project is €1 million.

SAFE DELIVERY PROJECT

This project was established in 2006 with the aim to continue the effort made in our previous project – the Modernization of Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) in Serbia during 2005 and 2006. The goal of the Safe Delivery Project is to modernize delivery rooms in hospitals in Serbia. In the last 15 years hospitals in Serbia faced a difficult situation caused by conflict and economic challenges. Due to a lack of proper equipment, expecting mothers and newborns are placed in jeopardy. Currently 15 maternity centers have been modernized due to Lifeline's support, but 50 additional centers are in need of vital equipment.

BEDS FOR INTENSIVE CARE UNITS IN SERBIAN HOSPITALS


HRH Crown Princess Katherine presenting a donated bed to a hospital in Serbia.		 There is a critical need for new hospital beds in Serbia's Intensive Care Units, the existing beds are between 10 and 20 years old. TriMedX, a healthcare equipment service corporation, donated a generous gift of 5,000 adult and pediatric beds to our cause.

In addition, Prentice Hospital of Northwestern University in Chicago made a donation of 60 refurbished beds. Transporting the medical equipment is a huge expense; a container that fits 40 beds costs $5,000. We have succeeded in shipping 300 beds, but there are still additional beds that are in stock. Lifeline needs your help to ship the remaining beds.

CERVICAL CANCER PROJECT

After breast cancer, cervical cancer is the second leading cause of female malignancy in Serbia. In 2002, there were 1,089 new registered cases. Lifeline launched this project to build a Department for Prevention of Cervical Cancer in Serbia, at the Institute for Gynecology and Obstetrics, in the Clinical Center in Belgrade. Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine is raising awareness, organizing and developing cervical cancer screening centers. A comprehensive centralized screening program for cervical cancer has never been implemented in Serbia until now. Lifeline Humanitarian Organization holds an annual charity fashion show in aid of this project. The budget for this project is € 200,000.

Call: 312-781-9300 to get involved today.

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