$ $ ZAGREB, 20 Sept (Hina) - The Zagreb hospital of 'Sveti Duh' on Saturday held the first session of the Cabinet of the Governor of Lions District 126-Croatia, which includes 22 Lions clubs. The Governor Prof Dr Antun Tucak unveiled
a plaque bearing the name of the headquarters of the Croatian Lions Eye bank at the hospital building.
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ZAGREB, 20 Sept (Hina) - The Zagreb hospital of 'Sveti Duh' on
Saturday held the first session of the Cabinet of the Governor of
Lions District 126-Croatia, which includes 22 Lions clubs.
The Governor Prof Dr Antun Tucak unveiled a plaque bearing
the name of the headquarters of the Croatian Lions Eye bank at
the hospital building. #L#
Recalling that the first Croatian Lions club was founded in
Dubrovnik in 1990, Tucak said the club had 22 offices, including
those in Mostar and Sarajevo.
Lions Club is an international foundation based in the
United States, which distributes over 500 million dollars
annually for humanitarian purposes over the world, in particular
for the care for blind people and people with poor eyesight.
The foundation helped Croatia Lions club purchase part of
the equipment needed for the functioning of the eye bank, worth
more than US $75, 000.
The head of the Croatian Lions Eye Bank Dr Nikica Gabric
said that Croatia is the only country in Europe whose eye bank
bears the name Lions.
The best acknowledgement of the work of the Croatian Lions
Eye Bank is the decision by the European Association of Eye Banks
to hold the 11th European congress of eye banks in Zagreb in
1999.
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