The MEC for Health Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo will accept a donation of five electrical and 20 mechanical beds at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Umlazi, Durban from HE Blanka Fajkusová, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Republic of South Africa. The beds were delivered with the aim to support modernisation of equipment and to improve quality of care in the hospital.
This function will take place on 12 December 2011 from 09h00 at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Umlazi. Journalists are invited for picture and interview opportunities.
The project financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (400.000 CZK, about 174.000 ZAR) and by the Czech company LINET (240.000 CZK, about 104.350 ZAR) was carried out within the framework of the Czech Development Assistance Programme. The delivery and installation was ensured by MEDIHOSP Company.
The friendly relations between then Czechoslovakia and South Africa have a long tradition. It was in South Africa, where the first diplomatic mission of Czechoslovakia in Sub-Saharan Africa was opened in early twenties of the last century.
The donation of the beds to the Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital is the proof that the friendly relations between the Czech Republic and the Republic of South Africa continue to grow. The KwaZulu-Natal province is of a comparable size in terms of population and area as the Czech Republic.
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