04.04.2014.

Defence Minister visits the deployable medical facility of the Military Medical Academy

Nebojsa Rodic, Minister of Defence in the caretaker government, accompanied by State Secretary Zoran Djordjevic, have visited today the deployable medical facility Role 2, which is a part of the Training Centre of the Department for Education and Scientific Research of the Military Medical Academy.

The deployable medical facility consisting of a system of modern air-conditioned tents equipped with modern medical equipment was installed in the Banjica 2 barracks specifically for this purpose.

Minister Rodic was greeted by Brigadier General Dr. Zoran Popovic, Head of the Military Health Department, and Brigadier General Prof. Dr. Marjan Novakovic, Head of the Military Medical Academy.

Doctors and medical staff, many of whom had experience in multinational operations, presented to Minister Rodic the system of operation of the deployable medical facility, which was donated to the Serbian Armed Forces by the Norwegian Armed Forces. The first man of the defence system had the opportunity to see the capacities which this facility may engage in war, multinational operations and natural disasters.

Brigadier General Popovic, Head of the Military Health Department, emphasized that the experience which our doctors and medical staff have gained in peacekeeping operations so far is very valuable. He pointed out that members of our medical services participated in the UN mission in Darfur in Chad just working in the deployable medical facility Role 2 of the Norwegian Armed Forces. Knowledge of the doctors and medical equipment which has been presented to the Minister of Defence, according to Dr. Popovic, is an important resource for the Armed Forces and the state.

As Brigadier General Novakovic, Head of the MMA, stated, the deployable medical facility can be put to use within a few hours, and doctors and nurses are fully trained to carry out a very wide range of examinations and medical procedures normally practiced only in larger inpatient hospitals. He said that in this facility under field conditions it is possible to perform blood tests, x-ray diagnostics, surgical procedures, and patients may be also subjected to the intensive care.