Obrenovac gets field hospital, more aid distribution centers

Obrenovac gets field hospital, more aid distribution centers

BELGRADE -- Defense Minister Bratislav Gašić has said that three more locations for distribution of humanitarian aid would be available to residents of Obrenovac.

He also announced that most parts of this Belgrade municipality, one of the hardest-hit areas during the recent floods, will be cleaned up during the day on Thursday.

Previously, those citizens who returned to their town complained that they had to wait in queues for hours in order to receive food supplies, which, according to reports, consist of two items of canned food, a loaf of bread, "and a bit more - but certainly not enough for normal life."

Gašić also noted that more than 220 trucks are currently working in Obrenovac and that over 1,000 tons of various debris and garbage that locals carried out of their homes have been removed.

2,500 Obrenovac residents are still evacuees in Belgrade, and the minister noted that 600 of those will find new temporary accommodation in army barracks in Obrenovac, and in the facilities owned by the Gerontological Center and the Nikola Tesla Power Plant.

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Defense announced that a field hospital, part of the Military Medical Academy (VMA), started working in a schoolyard in Obrenovac.

This temporary healthcare facility will provide treatments for the citizens living in the flood-affected areas and members of the Serbian Armed Forces and Interior Ministry repairing the damage.

Lieutenant Colonel Doctor Miroslav Broćić, commander at the field hospital, said that the hospital has around 30 doctors and medical staff.

According to Broćić, the hospital is equipped for simple...