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November 4, 2004
Press Release U.S. Embassy Reopens Renovated Clinic
On Friday, November 5th, U.S. Ambassador Aldona Wos will join Minister
of Social Affairs Marko Pomerants to present the Psychiatric Clinic of
the Northern Estonia Regional Hospital newly renovated first floor to
the public.
The U.S. Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC), as
part of its Humanitarian Assistance program, funded this renovation.
Along with the ODC's funding of the renovation of the clinic's
second floor, concluded in 2002, the total cost of the project was 4.2
million Kroons.
The November 5 ceremony marks the final stage of this
longstanding U.S. government effort to improve Tallinn Psychiatric
Hospital. In addition to this renovation, the U.S. Ambassador will
present to the hospital administration the keys to a new van and a new
10-kilowatt generator.
Ambassador Wos, Minister Pomerants, Chairman of the Hospital Board Tõnis
Allik, and Chief of the Psychiatric Clinic Imre Rammul are all slated to speak at the
ceremony, which takes place from 11:00 to 12:00. The ceremony will
include a ribbon cutting and a brief tour of the newly renovated section
of the hospital.
The Office of Defense Cooperation and the United States European Command
have conducted Humanitarian Assistance projects in Estonia every year
since 1997. Through this program, the ODC has overseen over $1 million
dollars of humanitarian projects in Estonia, also including renovation
of the Kohtla-Järve Hospital, the Estonian Cancer Center, and the Tilsi
Orphanage among many other projects.
Members of the press are encouraged to attend.
Additional information available at
http://estonia.usembassy.gov./odc.php or kokkotae@state.gov.
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