CARAVAN OF HEALTH THIS WEEK IN KRUSCE
11.08.2010.
During month of August, the Prevention Center of Health Center in Nis, in cooperation with the Palilula Municipality organized examination of health status of inhabitants in the rural area of the municipality. The team “Caravan of Health” is this week continued their health mission in the village KRUSCE. It was occasion that about activities of Caravan of Health, cooperation with citizens councils in the village, speak the representatives of Preventive center of Health center in Nis and Palilula Municipality: Milan Djurdjevic, president of the Assembly, Milos Stojkovic, a member of the Council and Slavoljub Savic, head of Municipal administration associate of Palilula Municipality. Village Krusce has about 243 households and thousands of people. In the department of elementary school “Desanka Maksimovic”, has 52 students - said Tomislav Stojanovic, President of the Citizens Council of the village.

With the support of the municipality, we solve the problem of organized transport of waste, to some extent reduce the occurrence of illegal dump sites but we did not ensured that the Cultural Center has a electricity-stressed Stojanovic. In the opinion of Milos Stojkovic, a member of Council of  Palilula Municipality village Krusce has good potential for development. Based on the initiative of this village residents Palilula Municipality has applied for local health clinic to open in the space of Cultural Center. Village Krusce is away from the nearest ambulance in the Novo Selo about 6 kilometers and 10 kilometers from the city. The delegation of Municipality  was informed and on other current issues in the community.

ARAVAN of Health Team at the offices of the village school in Krusce perform a free review of interested people, in the period from 09:00 to 12:00 hours as follows: control blood pressure, blood sugar control, measurement of body weight and height, BMI-Determination of the degree of nourishment; Introducing risk factors for the development of heart disease and vascular disease, diabetes and certain malignant diseases, dietician consultation in order to prevent obesity; Education self examination of breasts on medical model in the prevention of breast cancer. Citizens of  Krusce, in a large number responded to the call to check their health. By the end of August, the CARAVAN OF HEALTH will be in the Palilula Municipaltiy: 18.08.2010. in the village Mramorsko brdo, and 25.08.2010. in the village VUKMANOVO-said Slavoljub Savic, head of Municipal administration associate of Palilula Municipality.