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ZAJEČAR − CAPITAL OF SERBIAN EAST
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ZAJEČAR HEALTHCARE
REMINDER
Before 1838, there is no mention of an organized health
service in Zaječar. The first doctor who walked into this city
was Gregory Rybakov, who by the order of Prince Miloš came
in 1835 to visit the sick Timok prince Simo Nikolić. A native
of Constantinople, Rybakov completed Medical Sciences in
St. Petersburg, but had no documents in that regard. Prior
to comong to Zaječar, he had a practice in Veliko Gradište
and Požarevac. He spoke Serbian, Russian, German, Latin,
Greek, Turkish, Albanian, Arabic, and Vlach.
The first permanent doctor in Zaječar arrived in 1843,
after Negotin and Knjaževac. He was Demetrios Kaparis,
born in Epirus. He claimed to have graduated from “Greek
School and five doctorial seminaries, that is Anatomy, Physiology,
Pathology, and Pharmacology and Semiology ...”, but
had no documents to prove it. As a district doctor he came
to Zaječar on September 16, 1843 and stayed until January
9, 1847, when he was appointed a physician in Ćuprija. On
June 12, 1849, Joseph Streser, a graduate surgeon originally
from Hungary, arrived as the district doctor for Crna
Reka and in 1851 a surgeon Joseph Maslo, who remained in
Zaječar until 1860. No one knows who treated the Zaječar
population until 1870. Doctor Dušan Petrović is mentioned,
and on his insistence was begun the digging of artery fountains,
which ended the practice of drinking unhealthy water
from polluted and uncovered fountains. The authorities and
citizens obviously listened to him and it had beneficial effects:
since then, the number of cases of typhoid fever was
significantly reduced.
After a lengthy correspondence with the authorities in
Belgrade, a hospital was founded in Zaječar in 1868. It was
first in the house of Lalović family, near “Vanja’s Brewery,”
and later in a rented house of Cvetko Miladinović. It was noted
that the rent was 1400 dinars per year. Initially simpler,
and later more complex surgeries were performed in the
hospital. In the last decade of the 19th century they were
performed, on an honorary basis, by military surgeon Dr
Čeda Đurđjević.
Although it was poorly equipped, there are records indicating
that 125 patients were treated in the hospital in
1872/73, and about 600 (of which 200 were soldiers) during
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Hospital in Zaječar,
built in 1912
Healthcare Centre
in Zaječar
Ma čaj and
After Him
Physician Ste van Mačaj
came to Za je čar
in 1872 and had been
serving there until
May 1886, when he
was retired. He died
in Belgrade on 11th
October 1889, having
acquired a reputation
for life of a hero of
Serbian medicine and
culture. The position
of a physician was
vacant for three years
after him, when Dr.
La za Ilić (transferred
to Niš) and Dr. Radi
vo je Vu ka di no vić
took turns on that
position for a short
period of time. Dr.
Ilić came back to Zaje
čar later and stayed
there until 1918. He
left an indelible trace
in medicine and in
memories of citizens
of Zaječar.