The transplant program at the Clinical Center of Montenegro (KCCG) will be improved with the help of doctors from the Military Medical Academy (VMA) from Belgrade, who will help in the education and training of Montenegrin doctors in that branch of medicine, the Ministry of Health announced.
The government department said that it was defined by the Cooperation Agreement signed between KCCG and VMA, which was initiated by the Minister of Health, Vojislav Šimun.
As stated in the announcement, the state secretary in the Ministry of Health Mirjana Vlahović Andrijašević and her associates received doctors Darko Mirković, Aleksandar Tomić and Neven Vavić on this occasion.
She said that the closeness and cooperation between Montenegro and Serbia, based on a long history and mutual respect, are just an additional incentive to strengthen ties in the field of health care.
"Human life is priceless, and your selfless support in providing help in organ transplantation will significantly contribute to improving the quality of health care for our citizens," said Vlahović Andrijašević.
She thanked the VMA for the past support in providing health services to patients from Montenegro, stating that she is convinced that joint efforts will contribute to the further development and progress of transplant medicine in Montenegro.
Director of the Health Insurance Fund, Vuk Kadić, during the conversation with experts from the VMA, pointed out that the Fund will provide financial support for that team, which will work together with doctors from KCCG on kidney, liver and stem cell transplants.
The Ministry of Health said that doctors from the VMA also visited KCCG, where they were hosted by the director of that institution, Aleksandar Radović, with his colleagues.
Radović said that, with the signing of the Cooperation Agreement between the two institutions, all the legal conditions for KCCG to start the organ and stem cell transplantation project have been met.
"The plan is to start with kidney transplantation from a living donor, and our priority is the development of the organ donation program from brain-dead donors and, in connection with that, the development of the cadaveric organ transplantation program," said Radović.
As he added, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, he will launch a media campaign with the aim of raising awareness among citizens about the importance of organ donation and cadaveric transplantation.
At the meeting, it was assessed that transplantation from a living donor is a prerequisite for the development of cadaveric transplantation.
"It was concluded that the Clinic for Urology is technically fully prepared to perform kidney transplants, as well as that KCCG has highly professional nephrologists who possess knowledge and skills both for pre-transplantation preparation and for monitoring patients in the immediate and long-term post-transplantation period," says the announcement.
It is added that it has been established that for the development of the transplantation program there is a possibility of full support from the Institute for Blood Transfusion of Montenegro and the necessary organizational units of KCCG.
"The possibility of retraining our staff was agreed upon, as well as the support of the medical teams of the VMA during the transplants at the KCCG," said the Ministry.
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