This kind of doctor is rare in Serbia: Ivan collects and sells waste to buy medical equipment for hospital!

In his intention to make the emergency medical service at the health center, where he works, the best in Serbia, Dr Ivan Bozinovic from Paracin, through the association "Serbian society for emergency situations", which he founded, started gathering plastic bottles three years ago in order to recycle them and to buy medical equipment from the money he makes. 

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The action soon spread on all the villages in the surrounding of Paracin, so around 30 tons of plastics have been gathered so far. With recycling, around 600.000 dinars have been gathered.

Bozinovic, a specialist in emergency medicine, first donated equipment for the emergency room last year. He bought more appliances for measuring pressure: otoscope, strips for glycemia, linens, and he soon plans to buy and EKG machines.

- I changed the mindset of people and I'm proud. We equipped less than 20% of the hospital, but we are trying. Every day more and more bags, and we opened new stations - said Dr Ivan Bozinovic for our portal and adds that Paracin will soon get two new EKG machines.

Next to plastics, Ivan tried to gather paper and cardboard..

- This relaxes me, and if i told you everything i was doing you would say that i am not normal. At the end of the month we gather all the plastics and it takes three to five days - said Ivan through laughter.

As he said, he has a lot of plans till the end of the year. He will organize a lot of actions with children from schools.

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- There is plastics everywhere in large amounts. People just need to reach and to take it. That is how we get to the money which will be used for general good because there is no man who doesn't need an ambulance. I came to the idea when i saw that my house alone throws out two bags of plastics. And everybody else does the same. I started promoting the action in my street and neighborhood, and now everybody collects plastic bottles, and through the association, we expanded the network to other parts of the city and villages- said this visionary of endless energy for our portal.

Besides his regular job, he is visiting his fellow citizens daily. Other members of the association are doing the same, his father, wider family and neighborhood.

He gathers the plastics in his yard. This is where he made a real collecting center.

He included famous Paracin restaurants and hotels in the action. They are separating plastics daily and by selling it, they fill the fond for the medical equipment.

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- All we need is time and motivation. People have the energy, it just needs to be directed to real stuff like this one. And that is why our work has to be visible and the support from media necessary - concludes this unusual and agile doctor.

(Telegraf.co.uk)