Dr Bosanac and Dr Njavro expanded their earlier testimonies in the trial of former Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) officers Mile Mrksic, Veselin Sljivancanin and Miroslav Radic. The accused, known as the Vukovar Three, are charged with a massacre of at least 264 wounded and sick patients from the Vukovar hospital on the nearby Ovcara farm on 20 November 1991.
Dr Bosanac, the first witness to testify at the start of the trial in October 2005, expanded her testimony regarding records of the wounded and sick patients from the Vukovar hospital. She said that at least 97 of the 192 identified persons whose mortal remains had been exhumed from a mass grave on the Ovcara farm, had received medical treatment in the hospital.
Dr Bosanac again took the witness stand on Wednesday so that the prosecution could tender the medical records into evidence. She said that the records had been compiled by the Croatian Ministry of Health based on information from the hospital, the local police and the Red Cross.
The records include a patient's personal details, the location where his was wounded, his diagnosis, and the information whether he was admitted to the hospital as a civilian or a soldier. The information was entered into hospital records on a daily basis during the Serb siege of the town and sent by email or fax to the Health Ministry.
Dr Bosanac said the original records were available at the Army Medical Centre (VMA) in Belgrade where they had been taken after the evacuation of the hospital in November 1991.
Counsel for the accused questioned the authenticity of the documents and requested that they be compared to the original email and fax messages from the archives of the Croatian Health Ministry.
Dr Njavro, who testified for the first time in November 2005, returned to the witness stand on Wednesday to be cross-examined by counsel for the defence. His testimony focused on JNA officers who took over the Vukovar hospital on 18, 19 and 20 November 1991 and about 450 wounded soldiers and over 2,000 civilians who were awaiting evacuation in the hospital's basement.
Dr Njavro confirmed he had seen the accused Captain Radic and Major Sljivancanin in the hospital compound and that Sljivancanin had overseen the taking away of men, most of whom ended up in the Ovcara mass grave.
Dr Njavro also spoke of a breakthrough of the siege by Croatian defenders of the town on 16 and 17 November, the arrival of those who failed at the hospital, and negotiations with the JNA led by Dr Bosanac.
In the continuation of the trial, the prosecutors will again call a protected witness known as P-021.