Bits of History – Medicine
Igor Rudan, working on global health problems, is
a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland.
A considerable number of contemporary Croatian scientists are having a
Martyrdom in Croatian Homeland War (1990-1995), lecture delivered in Zagreb by dr. Juraj Njavro in 2005, surgeon at the Vukovar Hospital in 1991, [PPT, in Croatian].
My deep gratitude to dr. Njavro for permission.The Wall of Pain (Zid boli) in Zagreb is a memorial for all Croatians who were killed or disappeared during the Greater-Serbian aggression on Croatia (1990-1995).
| Here
is the list of killed children
during Serbien siege of the city of Vukovar. Three of them have been
exhumed from the infamous Ovcara mass grave.
Matej
Aleksandar, 1989-1991
Dragutin Balog, 1974-1991 (Ovcara) Josip Bandic, 1976-1991 Tomislav Baumgertner, 1973-1991 (Ovcara) Zeljko Cvetkovic, 1973-1991 Goran Cecevac, 1990-1991 (less than two years old) Dalibor Cernok, 1984-1991 Igor Cernok, 1977-1991 Vedran Galic, 1973-1991 (Ovcara) Stevo Gegic, 1973-1991 Sabahudin Grsic, 1975-1991 Gracuela Jelic, 1975-1991 Igor Kacic, 1975-1991 Ivan Kljajic, 1991-1991 (nine months old) Mario Kolaric, 1978-1991 Damir Lehkec, 1973-1991 Sinisa Marjanovic, 1975-1991 Nevenka Markus, 1974-1991 Karlo Nikolic, 1973-1991 Dario Paksec, 1976-1992 Damir Paksec, 1980-1992 Zlatko Palahinjak, 1973-1991 Zorica Pavlovic, 1976-1991 Dario Pejic, 1979-1991 Sinisa Rajkovic, 1975-1991 Stjepan Rukavina, 1974-1991 Darko Suceviæ, 1973-1991 Ante Saric, 1974-1991 Borislav Simunic, 1974-1991 Damir Sper, 1973-1991 Djordje Vidakovic, 1978-1991 Antonio Vidakovic, 1975-1991 Mario Vuletic, 1973-1991 These data are taken from the following monograph: Stefan Biro (ed.): Vukovarska Bolnica 1991 (Vukovar Hospital in 1991), Vukovar 2007, 371 pp. In particular, see the article by Vesna Bosanac and Davor Bandiæ: Djeca u rati (Children in the War), pp. 230-236. |
Slobodan Lang, distingushed proponent of human rights in Croatia, known for his numerous humanitarian actions, like
- Convoy Libertas 1991 for humanitarian aid to the city of Dubrovnik
- White Path (Bijeli put) 1993 in the Lašva Valley in central Bosnia
- Action for Banja Luka 1994
- Save life 1995
- “Storm” was humanitarian operation that prevented genocide
Teddy the Guardian, the first smart teddy bear in the world, conceived by Josipa Majic and Ana Burica in Zagreb