Vukovar Hospital Explained

Vukovarska bolnica
Location:Vukovar
Country:Croatia
Healthcare:HZZO
Funding:Public
Type:District general
Emergency:Yes
Founded:1939
Website:ob-vukovar.hr

The "Dr Juraj Njavro" National Memorial Hospital (Croatian: Nacionalna memorijalna bolnica „dr. Juraj Njavro” Vukovar), commonly known as the Vukovar Hospital (Croatian: Vukovarska bolnica, Serbian: Вуковарска болница), is a public hospital in Vukovar in eastern Croatia. It is the primary hospital in the town of Vukovar and surrounding municipalities which together with hospitals in Vinkovci and Osijek covers the region of eastern Slavonia.

The hospital gained national prominence in 1991 during and at the end of the Battle of Vukovar when 93 of its patients became victims of the Vukovar massacre.[1] [2] International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia convicted on a war crimes indictment Veselin Šljivančanin and Mile Mrkšić in Vukovar Hospital case while Miroslav Radić was released after being acquitted.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harsh Treatment: How Croatia’s Vukovar Hospital Survived Under Siege . . Vuk Tesija . 18 November 2022 . 10 December 2022 .
  2. Web site: Vukovar Hospital ‘Constantly Attacked’ During Croatia War . . Marija Ristic . 12 April 2013 . 10 December 2022 .
  3. Web site: Vukovar – 21 godina . Peščanik . . 19 November 2012 . 10 December 2022 .