Hungarian Military Hospital Treats Injured Libyans

During his visit to Libya in December 2011, Foreign Minister János Martonyi had made an offer on behalf of Hungary to provide medical care for injured Libyans free of charge. Following the offer made by the Foreign Minister, the HDF Military Hospital in Hungary admitted eight injured Libyans for cure and rehabilitation which are jointly financed by the Hungarian and the Libyan governments. Pursuant to Defence Minister Csaba Hende’s decision, the Ministry of Defence has undertaken to cover the costs of their treatment.

The injured arrived in Budapest on April 23. In the afternoon of April 25 Zsolt Németh, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the MFA and Brig.-Gen. (Med.) Dr. László Schandl, the commandant of the HDF Military Hospital paid a visit to them.

The State Secretary pointed out that Hungary does not intend to stop at this stage, as it considers it important to pursue the professional cooperation between Hungary and Libya in the field of medicine in the future. This kind of cooperation has several institutional aspects and involves the training of doctors and medical staffs.

László Schandl emphasized that the HDF Military Hospital is honored to be tasked with providing the treatment. They have assessed the status of the injured, and the hospital staff has prepared the schedule of cure and therapy for the patients. There will be some among them who can return home after undergoing a surgery, while others will be in need of further rehabilitation.

The brigadier-general told us that a team of doctors had pre-selected the group of injured people for treatment in Hungary, because all of them had suffered injuries that require high-level medical care.

Zsolt Németh added that in the future, injured people from the North African country would come as pay-patients as well, in order to receive medical treatment in Hungary.

 Photo: Veronika Dévényi