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07 June 2022Support from TİKA to the Increase of Emergency Services in Serbia
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) gave Serbian emergency staff a training on Introduction to Disaster and Emergency Intervention within the framework of Emergency Medicine Capacity Increase Program coordinated by Alliance of International Doctors (AID) and Novi Pazar Public Health Center.
At the end of the trainings given to Bosnian-Herzegovinian doctors and emergency within the framework of Emergency Medicine Capacity Increase Program (EMCIP) coordinated by Alliance of International Doctors (AID) and Novi Pazar Public Health Center, a local trainer capacity was formed. The purpose of the project that started in 2017 was to enable trainers to give trainings about how to intervene in disasters and emergencies within the country and in third countries. For this purpose, a team of Bosnian-Herzegovinian and Turkish trainers gave 21 Serbian emergency workers a training on Introduction to Disaster and Emergency Intervention between May 25th and 27th, 2022.
Theoretical and applied trainings
A total of 21 Serbian doctors, nurses and technicians working in the emergency departments of diverse health institutions in Sanjak participated in the training held in Novi Pazar. They were given theoretical and applied trainings on health services in disasters, trauma and crush syndrome, triage and crime scene management, sanitary transport techniques and basic and advanced life support. The participants who passed the test at the end of the training were presented certificates in a ceremony.
More than 300 projects in Serbia
Başar Başol, the Consul General in Novi Pazar, gave a speech at the ceremony and said Türkiye, a well-equipped and experienced country in first aid in natural disaster, is happy to share its know-how with the health workers in Novi Pazar. Mehmet Mete Anaç, TİKA’s Belgrade Coordinator, said they have carried out more than 300 projects in Serbia and they aim to increase Serbia’s health capacity with the recent training.
Advanced EMCIP trainings to continue
Speaking on behalf of AID, Dr. Mehmet Eyyüp Hazar highlighted the importance of saving many lives with few people in a crisis and added that the recent training will help to enhance health workers’ knowledge about how to intervene in frequent floods in the region. It is planned to continue advanced ATKAP trainings aimed at emergency workers in Serbia.
