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Serbian health outreach and organ transplants

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In July 2026, Serbia’s University Clinical Center Niš (UKC Niš) reported its fifth living‑donor kidney transplant in six months, a mother‑to‑daughter donation seen as a step toward joining the Eurotransplant network and expanding deceased‑donor programmes. During the same period, UKC Niš and the Institute Niška Banja operated a mobile cardiology outreach, travelling to rural settlements including Gornja Vrežina. A week later, they carried out a seventh preventive cardiac examination in the remote village of Radikina Bara using a fully equipped ambulance. Director of UKC Niš doc. dr Milan Lazarević stated, “If a patient cannot get to a doctor – the doctor must go to the patient,” emphasizing a policy of reaching even the most remote settlements. Officials noted that roughly 100,000 Serbians suffer from heart failure, making early detection a national priority. On 29 July 2026, vascular surgeon Dr Nenad Ilić joined the mobile teams. The expanded unit now performs basic vascular checks, extremity inspections, pulse measurements, and portable Doppler ultrasounds in villages such as Oreovac to detect early-stage artery and vein disease. The initiative also invites medical students from the University of Niš Faculty of Medicine to gain hands-on training. By early August, the program conducted its ninth screening event in the village of Supovac. A multidisciplinary team provided blood pressure monitoring, blood sugar testing, ECGs, and cardiac ultrasounds. Dr Aleksandar Nikolić, Assistant Director, noted that preventive medicine reduces the long-term burden on the state by detecting conditions like hypertension and diabetes early. On 12 August 2026, the City of Niš and UKC Niš established a formal agreement to enhance healthcare services for residents in villages lacking local clinics.

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