Bosnia and Herzegovina: N1 Bosnia and Herzegovina

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00:00:18Good day, dear viewers, it's time for the news, these are today's
00:00:21events.
00:00:26The fires in the Trebinje area continue to burn, firefighters are being assisted by a helicopter
00:00:29of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and
00:00:30Herzegovina.
00:00:34The continuation of the Donja Jablanica operation, the Federal Police Administration is seizing documents
00:00:38from nine companies in four
00:00:39cantons.
00:00:43Tragedy in Pakistan, 14 babies died in a large fire that
00:00:47broke out in a hospital due to a malfunction in the cooling
00:00:50system.
00:00:54The fire in the Trebinje area is still active after about 50
00:00:58firefighters and locals managed to extinguish the fire in the villages of Kremen
00:01:02do and Željevo last night. The fire near Željevo has reactivated, said
00:01:06Stevan Bekan from the Trebinje fire department. He says that the fire threatens to
00:01:09spread towards the city of Trebinje's water reservoir, as well as towards Bijela
00:01:13Gora, where there is a high forest. All available forces are on the ground,
00:01:17the fire has been extinguished since this morning by a helicopter of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and
00:01:20Herzegovina. During the day, the city of Trebinje's emergency headquarters
00:01:24will also meet to consider further steps due to the fires with
00:01:27which they have been battling for days, because the
00:01:30firefighters are tired and exhausted.
00:01:32exhausted.
00:01:36The current situation, fortunately, and thanks to the great efforts of our unit members, last night we
00:01:39saved this part that threatened to
00:01:43cross over the straw towards Gučina, so you saw in the
00:01:46evening and with the help of air tractors and
00:01:49with the help of helicopters of the armed forces, for which we are very
00:01:53grateful, along with, of course, after that, our infantry, as they say, had to
00:01:56cross all that terrain. There were...
00:02:00Certainly about twenty volunteers, and
00:02:03a big thank you to them for coming to help, it is being protected,
00:02:06one branch is going towards Željevo, that represents a great danger for us,
00:02:10there was a helicopter of the armed forces working for almost
00:02:14in principle that four hours this morning, so we are fighting, the fire is approaching the road,
00:02:17down towards
00:02:19Željevo.
00:02:21In Serbia, there are dozens of active fires, according to MUP data, a total of 35.
00:02:25The biggest challenge is still in Deliblatska
00:02:29Peščara. Although, as stated in the MUP statement, all settlements in that
00:02:33area have been defended. Officials on the ground, however, state that
00:02:37the rain has significantly improved the situation, although firefighters,
00:02:40volunteer societies and citizens are continuously on duty there.
00:02:44In the fire on the tables, the wind continues to cause problems for firefighters,
00:02:47rescuers and all teams on the ground. So far, the fire has
00:02:51affected about 200 hectares. Russian helicopters from the European Union
00:02:55are putting out the fire in Deliblatska
00:02:57Peščara today. Definitely. You are going through difficult
00:03:01moments this year with fires, that's why we came to
00:03:04help as much as we can. We saw that almost half of
00:03:08the Deliblatska Peščara burned and we know that this is not the only
00:03:12fire. We also had several flights around Niš in the
00:03:15south. We have information that there are two more fires in other
00:03:19locations. We have good communication with Serbian
00:03:22pilots and we have information.
00:03:25What's more, there is a helicopter in the air that is making an assessment and coordinating
00:03:29us accordingly.
00:03:36The request of the defense of war criminal Ratko Mladić for
00:03:39early release on humanitarian grounds was again rejected. The defense asked
00:03:43that Mladić be transferred to a hospital or palliative care facility in
00:03:47Serbia, citing his serious health condition and
00:03:50the need for more family presence. According to the medical
00:03:54report, Mladić's condition is rapidly deteriorating, he has entered, as it
00:03:57is pointed out, the final stage of his life and it is estimated that death
00:04:01could occur in the coming weeks. The president of the court
00:04:04concluded that humanitarian reasons justify early release.
00:04:08Let's recall, Mladić was definitively sentenced to
00:04:11life imprisonment in 2021 for genocide in Srebrenica, persecution
00:04:15of Bosniaks and Croats, terrorizing the citizens of Sarajevo, and
00:04:18taking UNPROFOR members
00:04:20hostage.
00:04:25The investigation in the Donja Jablanica case, which refers to
00:04:28the catastrophic floods and landslides from October
00:04:302024, where the total number of victims
00:04:34in the floods was 27 people, has continued. By order of
00:04:37the special department of the Supreme Court of the Federation and under the supervision of the Federal
00:04:42culture in unculture, who needs it, but also Prosecutor's Office, members of the FUP are carrying out activities in four cantons, namely
00:04:46Herzegovina-Neretva, Zenica-Doboj, Tuzla, and
00:04:49Sarajevo Canton. At the locations of nine business entities, documents are being seized
00:04:53that could serve as evidence in further
00:04:56investigation, the FUP announced. announced.
00:05:02As part of the EUFOR Quick Response 2026 exercise, Italian
00:05:06paratroopers landed today in the Polog area near
00:05:09Mostar. The attractive aerial sight is part of a larger operation
00:05:12that tests the ability of rapid arrival and deployment of reserve
00:05:16forces in our country. The exercise gathers military forces that arrive in our
00:05:20country from different directions, and their task is to confirm EUFOR's readiness
00:05:24for a quick response in case of need. Đenana Kaminić
00:05:27Puc has the details. Puc.
00:05:31The sky above Polog near Mostar was filled today with parachutes of Italian
00:05:34soldiers who jumped from an airplane as part of the large
00:05:38EUFOR Quick Response 2026 operation.
00:05:41One after another. Italian paratroopers exited the plane, and after
00:05:45a few moments above Polog, parachutes opened. These shots best
00:05:48show what a part of the operation looks like, which is aimed at
00:05:52rapid deployment and strengthening of EUFOR forces in Bosnia
00:05:55and Herzegovina. The goal of the exercise, as stated by EUFOR, is to
00:05:58confirm the operational readiness of their forces and the ability
00:06:02to react quickly and deploy additional forces in
00:06:05Bosnia and Herzegovina.
00:06:09We had a platoon of paratroopers who landed
00:06:12in this area from an airplane that took off
00:06:16from a military airport in Pisa, Italy, so only
00:06:20a few hours ago we had this activity that we
00:06:23successfully carried out, the plane took off from
00:06:26Italy, came here to the area of Bosnia, Bosnia and
00:06:29Herzegovina, this is a demonstration of our
00:06:33capabilities that we can, therefore, in
00:06:35case uh, in case of need,
00:06:39very quickly, therefore, engage forces that can arrive
00:06:42from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The exercise Quick Response 2026
00:06:45is held from August 22 to September 3. It is an
00:06:49annual planned exercise by which EUFOR checks and
00:06:52trains its ability to quickly strengthen
00:06:56its presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. For this purpose,
00:06:59reserve forces from partner countries have arrived in our country
00:07:03by various means, by land, sea, air and
00:07:06rail. Italian forces are part of that reserve reinforcement.
00:07:10Their arrival and today's parachute
00:07:12deployment show how important speed, precision,
00:07:16and coordination are in a situation where it is necessary to quickly reinforce
00:07:20the presence of international forces. Đenana Kaminić Puc,
00:07:23N1,
00:07:24Mostar.
00:07:27Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine announced that emissions of solid
00:07:31particles from block 4 of the Tuzla thermal power plant have been brought within
00:07:34the limits of projected values since this morning. The increase in emissions in previous days
00:07:37was caused by technical problems in the ash transport system,
00:07:41they stated. In previous days, hundreds of citizens gathered,
00:07:44demanding an urgent reaction from the authorities. Elektroprivreda
00:07:48states that they monitored emissions and took necessary measures throughout the entire period, and
00:07:51that they will continue to monitor the operation of the plant. Elektroprivreda Bosne
00:07:55i Hercegovine states that from 2024 to mid-
00:07:58this year, it has invested 180 million marks
00:08:02of its own funds in the maintenance and overhaul of the Tuzla and
00:08:05Kakanj thermal power plants, reducing emissions and harmonizing with ecological
00:08:08standards. According to their expectations, the deficit
00:08:11of electricity in the next year should be about 36
00:08:15percent lower than this year, with a reduction in dependence on
00:08:18imports.
00:08:22The anniversary of the biggest mining disaster in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina
00:08:26was marked today in Mramor near Tuzla, with the presence of numerous officials and
00:08:29citizens. On this day 36 years ago, in the Dobrnja Jug
00:08:33pit, there was a coal dust explosion, in which
00:08:36180 miners died. It was the youngest
00:08:40shift of the then mine, the average age of the victims was
00:08:43only 27 years. The only surviving miner, Smail
00:08:47Imamović, suffered serious injuries at the time, and still bears the consequences of the accident
00:08:51today. He spent five days in a state of clinical death. Every August,
00:08:54he remembers his deceased
00:08:56colleagues.
00:09:00That's my toughest month
00:09:02of the year, where my emotions
00:09:06for my comrades and for myself, as well as
00:09:10for the families of my
00:09:14deceased comrades, are extremely
00:09:18strong. There are deep, deep
00:09:22feelings for them.
00:09:24Sympathizes.
00:09:30At least 14 newborns died when a fire broke out in a state hospital in
00:09:34Pakistan's capital, Islamabad,
00:09:37caused by a malfunction in the air conditioning system.
00:09:41One baby was rescued. This is one of the fires with the highest
00:09:44death toll in recent years in that country, where state
00:09:48healthcare is subsidized, but facilities lack sufficient resources and
00:09:52are overloaded. Oversight bodies often criticize state
00:09:55institutions for poor management. Prime Minister
00:09:58Sharif ordered authorities to conduct an urgent investigation.
00:10:12There was management there, this building is well built. My wife was not well.
00:10:15There was no fire security, no good exit there, and the doors were also closed for us. They only opened one door
00:10:19for us so that the attendant could take their children.
00:10:23The attendant was
00:10:28The Strait of Hormuz remains closed, and Iran is now setting conditions for
00:10:32its reopening. Tehran demands that the United States end
00:10:36the war, lift the naval blockade, and resolve the situation in
00:10:39Yemen. Iran and Oman are simultaneously negotiating a temporary
00:10:43corridor through the Strait and its demining. However, Tehran
00:10:46states that American and other military ships will not be
00:10:50allowed passage. About a fifth of the world's oil trade passes through Hormuz,
00:10:54liquefied. The blockade directly affects global
00:10:57energy markets. While Washington announces new sanctions,
00:11:01Iran states that it will respond to American pressure by striking at
00:11:04their economic
00:11:05interests.
00:11:08What we have now almost agreed upon is that the route for entering
00:11:12the Persian Gulf from the Gulf of Oman will entirely
00:11:15pass through the territorial waters of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The exit
00:11:19route, i.e., from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman,
00:11:22will partly pass through Iran, and the remaining part through
00:11:26the territorial waters of Oman. This represents a fundamental change compared to
00:11:30the previous
00:11:31solution.
00:11:38During July and August, a series of nine concerts of Sevdah were held every Wednesday
00:11:42in the unique ambiance of the National Monument of Bosnia and
00:11:45Herzegovina, Svrzo's House. Damir Imamović, one of the most prominent
00:11:49contemporary interpreters of Sevdalinka, performed before the audience, with
00:11:52special guest appearances by renowned musicians from our country, the region,
00:11:56and the world. Combining top-notch music, cultural and historical heritage, and
00:12:00an authentic Sarajevo atmosphere, the project enriched
00:12:03the summer cultural offer of the capital and contributed to the affirmation of
00:12:06Sevdalinka.
00:12:11we were a little apprehensive, will people be interested, will we bore them
00:12:14anymore, right? Will we manage to reach
00:12:18city guests, who usually come, stay for two and a half days or one
00:12:21day, so will they make it to the concert, or not.
00:12:25This and I think that we really succeeded
00:12:28again, maybe even went a step further than last
00:12:31year in terms of the number of guests, in terms of the number of
00:12:34mm audience and what is, of course,
00:12:38the most beautiful thing is that this year I had a different
00:12:42guest for every concert.
00:12:46From that idea to realization, I have 18 concerts in total,
00:12:49more than 4,500 visitors. We record
00:12:53in the Museum of Sarajevo
00:12:55a greater public response, audience coming,
00:12:58visitors, compared to previous years, and
00:13:02what I can really say with satisfaction is that this house
00:13:05has come alive.
00:13:08The music world has lost one of its biggest stars. Legendary
00:13:12American country singer Dolly Parton passed away at the age of 80
00:13:15after a short battle with cancer. Dolly Parton left
00:13:19behind an exceptional musical career. She is considered
00:13:22the best-selling female country artist of all time, with more than
00:13:26160 million albums sold worldwide. She stepped onto the
00:13:30scene with the album Hello I'm Dolly
00:13:32in 1967. And over the decades, she became
00:13:36the author and performer of numerous timeless hits.
00:13:56and continues to be with all of us, everyone
00:13:59loves Dolly, and Dolly is everywhere,
00:14:03and um, I feel like now, more than ever, she is going to touch
00:14:06more hearts where she is than
00:14:10when she was here on earth, we got the world part a private collection
00:14:14of her outfits and clothes and wigs
00:14:18and shoes and she comes in trurat and
00:14:21everything, spent about the hours in the house.
00:14:26Until the end of the news, also watch the weather forecast.
00:14:30Greetings, dear viewers, we are counting the last days of August,
00:14:34but summer is not giving up, it will play out in the coming days, temperatures
00:14:37will go up to 40° in the continuation of the week,
00:14:41that's why the Federal Hydrometeorological Institute issued the highest
00:14:44red warning level for heat. The atmosphere will stabilize in the coming
00:14:48days as the anticyclone strengthens again, and we notice that
00:14:52the clouds have also thinned out currently
00:14:56compared to the morning hours, so the rest of the day will mostly be sunny
00:15:00weather, the wind will remain mostly weak, only in the
00:15:03northeast, north of Bosnia, a moderate
00:15:06northwesterly wind is blowing, all of which of course creates a picture of temperatures,
00:15:10we expect it to be warmest in the Herzegovina area up to
00:15:1336, 37, in Bosnia mostly from 26 to
00:15:1731, then in the coming days only warmer due to the inflow of very
00:15:20warm air from the southwest, on Friday we expect
00:15:24temperatures up to 40, most likely in the Herzegovina
00:15:28area, then the weekend brings again somewhat more variable,
00:15:31unstable weather, especially during Saturday, expect
00:15:35rain and thunderstorms with lightning.
00:15:39That's all for this news overview, stay with N1, thanks for your attention, goodbye!
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00:16:20On Thursday, sunny, very warm weather, temperatures
00:16:23rising, the peak of heat is expected on Friday, when
00:16:2740° is expected in some places.
00:16:30Over Bosnia and Herzegovina, the influence of warm and stable air still
00:16:33remains, so the weather will be mostly sunny and
00:16:36warmer. Air continues to arrive, and therefore
00:16:40temperatures will be very high in the coming days, mostly
00:16:43sunny on Thursday with little to moderate cloudiness, light to moderate
00:16:47westerly and northwesterly wind. Morning
00:16:50minimum temperatures in Bosnia from 13 to 18, in the south in
00:16:53Herzegovina from 20 to 24 degrees.
00:16:56The highest daily temperature tomorrow from 32 to
00:16:5935, in the south even warmer, temperature up to
00:17:0338 degrees. On Friday,
00:17:05sunny, hot, temperatures. Temperatures on Friday will be from 35
00:17:09to even 40 degrees, in the south of Herzegovina in some places even
00:17:13over 40. On Saturday then changeable,
00:17:16unstable with transient showers with thunderstorms across the country,
00:17:20strong gusts of wind are expected locally, although it remains warm, temperatures
00:17:23up to 35, in the south up to
00:17:2639. On Sunday, then more sun, possible local
00:17:30showers, primarily in Herzegovina in the central
00:17:33eastern parts of Bosnia, and the temperature on Sunday will be
00:17:36mostly... a few degrees lower,
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00:18:05Who justified the enormous salaries, is there any principledness, or
00:18:09among politicians, the saying goes, there are no eternal
00:18:12friends or enemies, only eternal interests. For whom
00:18:15does he work, if he destroys the state? We monitor the work of institutions, because
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00:18:20from there.
00:18:27Without a doubt, your trust, your support, we open the most important
00:18:30topics, from crime, corruption and constitutional issues. Our goal is
00:18:34a more just society, a society tailored to every individual in Bosnia and
00:18:38Herzegovina. Through the fight for
00:18:41your rights, we always walk with you. In your name, we search
00:18:45for answers. With you, we explore.
00:18:48Your
00:18:52concern for a better, safer environment, the preservation
00:18:55of natural resources, the improvement of mutual relations, is our
00:18:59focus, because we too are part of Bosnian-Herzegovinian
00:19:02society.
00:21:11Unfortunately, cancers of the digestive system,
00:21:13obesity, liver diseases are breaking records, but
00:21:17modern surgery offers solutions that change the course of
00:21:20treatment, from minimally invasive laparoscopic
00:21:24procedures to complex oncological operations, all the way
00:21:27to bariatric surgery which can lead to
00:21:31remission of type 2 diabetes. In the next few minutes,
00:21:34find out what medicine offers patients today in
00:21:38one place at Medicana Hospital in Sarajevo and
00:21:41the most modern methods
00:21:43spoken by Primary Doctor Igor Gavrić, specialist
00:21:47in general abdominal surgery. Good morning and welcome. Good morning
00:21:51to you and your viewers. So, to start,
00:21:54I would like to tell the viewers, what
00:21:56does modern general and
00:22:00abdominal surgery mean today, how much has
00:22:03it changed, what does that tertiary
00:22:06level of healthcare entail, what complex diseases
00:22:09and operations can a patient today
00:22:13resolve very simply already
00:22:16at Medicana Hospital in Sarajevo? A very complex
00:22:19question." Thank you for that question. Surgery has advanced,
00:22:23it has advanced a lot in the last 50 years
00:22:26and practically you have surgeon colleagues
00:22:30who are now only trained and educated in one area due to
00:22:33the technology that has basically
00:22:35developed. In the past, surgery involved the whole body,
00:22:39surgeons dealt with all organs as much as they could help,
00:22:42but now technology has reached such a level
00:22:46that we basically have subspecialists for
00:22:49practically every organ. Abdominal surgery,
00:22:52i.e., digestive surgery, has its own sub-chapter, so you have
00:22:56only uh colleagues who deal with coloproctology,
00:22:59i.e., colon operations,
00:23:02hepatobiliary pancreatic surgery, i.e., liver and pancreas surgery. For example, I am
00:23:06a surgeon who remained in the domain of dealing with all these
00:23:10areas and has undergone training for each of these areas
00:23:13separately, so Medicana with its uh, with
00:23:16its staff led by me offers practically all
00:23:20operations in digestive surgery, mm, what has
00:23:23changed compared to classical surgery is the method of
00:23:27the surgical technique itself and the approach itself. In the past, these were
00:23:30large, large incisions, large operations were performed,
00:23:34but now practically with a minimally invasive approach we reach
00:23:37what used to be the more incisions the better surgeon, now
00:23:41it's somehow the smaller the incision, the smaller the incision the more experienced, yes, but
00:23:45sometimes it's not possible because of you and yours.
00:23:49that it can be done, especially because the region
00:23:54of the Balkans, that is specific, it is not only Bosnia and Herzegovina, but the entire region
00:23:58of the Balkans is so specific that people come
00:24:01in some terminal stages of tumor
00:24:04disease, when these are basically diseases, when these tumors are huge,
00:24:08when they are in the fourth stage and when practically
00:24:12you cannot adequately remove them laparoscopically, i.e., with a minimal
00:24:15approach, and the essence of oncological,
00:24:18i.e., tertiary
00:24:21level surgery is such that it is removed in healthy
00:24:25tissue, i.e., en bloc with adequate lymphadenectomy because
00:24:29cancer is not treated without adequate lymphadenectomy
00:24:32yes systematically, but also
00:24:35legally, preventive medicine is not our strong suit, but we don't
00:24:39like to visit doctors,
00:24:41you rarely do that, especially older
00:24:45generations, and they have immense
00:24:49fear of that, but here, to make it easier for
00:24:52them, what types of operations and procedures
00:24:55do you perform, from classical and minimally
00:24:58invasive to some
00:25:01more complex ones,
00:25:04how much easier are they
00:25:07to recover from today than was
00:25:11the case, say, just ten years ago?
00:25:14Of course, you see, at Medihana Hospital, both secondary and
00:25:18tertiary levels of operative procedures are offered
00:25:21concerning abdominal surgery, so
00:25:24within the secondary level, minimally invasive, and this is
00:25:27the standard for gallbladder operations, hernia operations,
00:25:31appendix operations, hiatal hernia operations are
00:25:34practically performed with a laparoscopic approach, very, very
00:25:38rarely are classical operations of that
00:25:41level performed. As for benign colon diseases, they are
00:25:45also performed with a minimally invasive approach, or for some initial colon
00:25:49tumors. However, other operations that are quite
00:25:53complex, that require reconstruction,
00:25:57of blood vessels, that require greater access, these are liver
00:26:00surgery, pancreas surgery, esophagus surgery
00:26:03or advanced cancers, small
00:26:06pelvis, mm, they are performed with open methods,
00:26:10however, the most modern uh,
00:26:12devices are used, the most modern suture
00:26:15material is used, and practically, uh, with
00:26:19the technologies that are currently used in
00:26:22medicine, both worldwide and at Medicana, patients
00:26:26recover much faster from such procedures. Sometimes
00:26:30patients recovered for... several
00:26:32weeks after those exact operations, now
00:26:36practically seven to 10 days, if everything is fine, they go
00:26:39home, and they get out of bed, yes, and after, for example, gallbladder
00:26:42removal, appendectomy, or appendicitis, or
00:26:46hiatal hernia or obesity
00:26:49surgery, they practically go home the next day or the day after
00:26:53tomorrow, yes, uh, we mentioned
00:26:56that prevention is most important, especially
00:27:00in the field of oncological surgery,
00:27:03uh, when you talk about
00:27:06cancers of the digestive tract, how important
00:27:09are early diagnosis and
00:27:13timely treatment, especially surgical,
00:27:16and what symptoms
00:27:20should be an alarm for the arrival yes, you see, people
00:27:23listen to their bodies, we all know very well what those alarms are,
00:27:27we feel it, but we ignore it,
00:27:29unfortunately, don't ignore it, don't be... this
00:27:33afraid, that's to say in a common way,
00:27:36everything that is at the beginning is curable completely,
00:27:39you have less stress for your
00:27:42body, a smaller type of surgical procedure, and
00:27:46that procedure offers you healing. However, when
00:27:49you reach advanced stages of the disease, when
00:27:52you have multi-organ disease, systemic disease, then
00:27:56in principle we are talking about
00:27:59prolonging life, some kind of chronic disease and...
00:28:02a permanent struggle with something that could have been cured. And
00:28:06unfortunately, there's a saying by old surgeons that says a small
00:28:09finding, a big surgery, a big finding, a small
00:28:13surgery. Unfortunately,
00:28:16truth applies even today,
00:28:19because with some enormous radicality if you have
00:28:23advanced disease, cancer in the digestive
00:28:26system, you practically cannot cure the patient.
00:28:29And since we're talking about these small and large... surgical
00:28:33procedures, can cancer today be uh, treated
00:28:37laparoscopically, and when is that big
00:28:40operation necessary? You see, every cancer can be treated
00:28:43laparoscopically, but for stage four cancers
00:28:47with advanced metastatic disease, I think
00:28:51that, I think it's more comfortable
00:28:54for the patient and for the surgeon,
00:28:56better, in every way
00:29:00this operation is safer. To perform that operation open,
00:29:04with an open method, I advise my patients,
00:29:07I present to them both sides,
00:29:11the benefits, because in principle that doesn't play a role anymore, but
00:29:14what plays a role is that you came to be operated on, to try
00:29:18to cure yourself of such a terrible disease. However, if the
00:29:22cancer is caught in time in some
00:29:25early stage, first stage or second stage,
00:29:29it's clear that laparoscopy is very elegant and for the patient...
00:29:33and for and for the surgeon, what is becoming
00:29:36the standard in the world, which unfortunately is not yet in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and
00:29:40in Mediacana in Sarajevo, although the Mediacana group has it, is robotic
00:29:43surgery that expands that range of operative, minimally
00:29:47invasive approaches to digestive surgery.
00:29:50But until robots are acquired in Bosnia and
00:29:53Herzegovina, we have exclusively laparoscopy, which
00:29:57prevents you from certain procedures, because you work in principle in
00:30:00two axes. Whereas with a robot you practically have
00:30:04360 this degree access to the operative
00:30:07field. Abdominal surgery
00:30:11which you specialized in includes very
00:30:14complex procedures on the liver, bile ducts,
00:30:18pancreas, we often hear, today it's
00:30:21very uh, very common
00:30:24disease, very common organs that
00:30:28get sick.
00:30:30Uh, what diseases are most often operated on? How important is a
00:30:34multidisciplinary approach for such patients, which
00:30:37you have in Medicana, several different
00:30:40specialists, i.e. doctors? Of course, I will only focus on
00:30:44oncological diseases in principle, you have a whole spectrum of benign diseases
00:30:47that need to be operated on and malignant ones. However,
00:30:50operations in hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery are very complex operations, not
00:30:54all surgeons perform them, we must say not all abdominal
00:30:57surgeons. They are performed by...
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