Zajecar - engleski - niska rezolucija

ZAJEČAR − CAPITAL OF SERBIAN EAST
the following ten years. The most common diseases were the
fiery fever, neck swelling, heart diseases, scarlet fever, rheumatism,
typhoid, smallpox and syphilis. Richer Zaječar inhabitants
were treated at their own expense, and poor were
treated at the expense of the sanitary fund.
Construction of the new hospital building began in the
first decade of the 20th century, and was completed in 1912..
According to the testimony of contemporaries, it was one of
the most beautiful and the best arranged hospitals in Serbia.
It had specialized departments, large windows and toilets.
When the Balkan Wars started, there were seven doctors
in Zaječar, two midwives and two pharmacies. However,
when the wars began, only Dr Laza Ilić remained in the city,
while other were doctors mobilized. Few of them returned.
After World War Two, the House of Public Health was established
in Zaječar, with three new buildings. In addition to internal
medicine, the hospital had oral, pediatric, gynecological
and infectious department. As soon as in 1930, hospital’s
first X-ray machine was installed.
Today’s Health Center in Zaječar is a large, modern and
respected health care institution. The health of citizens is
taken care of by more than 200 physicians, more than 600
nurses and almost 250 non-medical professionals. There are
15 stationary services, 12 outpatient ambulances, eight diagnostic
and seven non-medical services.
The Public Health Institute has grown into a modern institution
whose task is primarily to help prevention and the
protection against infective diseases. It has modern equipment
and the necessary certificates for laboratory testing of
water, food, air and other factors that may affect health in
different ways.
Over the past years so-called private sector health care
has greatly developed. There are many quality private ordinations,
from those in the field of general medicine, to internal
wards, ophthalmic, dental and other...
PHARMACIES
The first pharmacy was opened in Zaječar in 1880. The
first chemist was a Czech, Francis Vavriček . His pharmacy,
called “The Royal Serbian Pharmacy of Vavriček Francis,”
was located on Hajduk Veljkova Street, and later moved to the
corner of Pašićeva and Svetozar Marković Street. Vavriček’s
son-in-law Michael Tuner took over his pharmacy in 1910,
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Keeping up with
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The hospital was severely
damaged again
in the World War II.
However, after the
liberation, Zaječar
health care used to go
upwards continuously.
Zaječar hospital
became the hospital
of „the first category”
by a decree issued
by the Ministry of
Health 1952, and
the former sanitary
and epidemiological
station became an
independent institution
named Sanitary
Bureau (present
Institute of Public
Health). Once again,
new Health Centre
was opened in 1980.