RECONSTRUCTION OF BELI MANASTIR HEALTH CENTRE BEGINS

( Editorial: --> 7841 ) BELI MANASTIR, May 31 (Hina) - Croatian Health Minister Zeljko Reiner on Sunday visited Beli Manastir (eastern Slavonia), where he attended a ceremony marking the beginning of reconstruction works on the community health centre. Reiner was accompanied by Vice Premiers Ljerka Mintas-Hodak and Ivica Kostovic, Defence Minister Andrija Hebrang, Croatian Homeland War Defenders' Minister Juraj Njavro, head of the Health Insurance Fund Stjepan Turek, Osijek county officials and health workers. The head of the Beli Manastir Health Centre, Zarko Zelic, stressed that the forthcoming reconstruction of health centres in Baranja would also include regional health offices in Batina, Lug, Zmajevac, Baranjsko Petrovo Selo and Ceminac. The Croatian Government wants to show that it cares for this war- ravaged area and contribute to the normalisation of life, Vice Premier Mintas-Hodak said. The Health Ministry will invest more than five million kuna in the reconstruction of health institutions in Baranja, Health Minister Reiner said, adding this was not the final figure. "We will rebuild all that was destroyed during the occupation, probably with the assistance from the Council of Europe," Reiner added. (hina) rml . 311223 MET may 98