{"id":17783,"date":"2022-06-14T13:43:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T11:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&p=17783"},"modified":"2022-06-14T13:43:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T11:43:15","slug":"president-milanovic-decorates-voluntary-blood-donors-this-is-the-noblest-gift-by-which-selfless-people-give-a-part-of-themselves-to-save-someones-life","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-decorates-voluntary-blood-donors-this-is-the-noblest-gift-by-which-selfless-people-give-a-part-of-themselves-to-save-someones-life\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 Decorates Voluntary Blood Donors: This is the noblest gift by which selfless people give a part of themselves to save someone\u2019s life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 presented today, on World Blood Donor Day, the decoration Order of the Croatian Star with the effigy of Katarina Zrinska to voluntary blood donors in 2019, for the noble and humanitarian deed of donating blood more than a hundred times for men and seventy-five times for women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLadies and gentlemen, dear donors, welcome to the Office of the President! Today it will be a special honour and pleasure for me to award and decorate, on behalf of the Croatian state and Republic, a group of selfless people who are literally giving away a part of themselves so that someone unknown is cured or a life is saved. This is the noblest kind of giving and donating because it is not accompanied by pomp, by fame, by news, it is not accompanied by anything public; it is fully private and comes with the feeling that you have done a good deed. Again, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being here and I am honoured for the opportunity to decorate you during this period in which I am the President of the Republic. Given that today is the 14th<\/sup> of June, World Blood Donor Day, I congratulate you and wish you many more days like this,\u201d President Milanovi\u0107 said at the ceremony in the Office of the President, where he presented the decorations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decoration Order of the Croatian Star with the effigy of Katarina Zrinska was received by the following 77 voluntary blood donors, out of the 195 decorated donors for the year 2019: Vladimir Alki\u0107, Ivan Antunovi\u0107, \u017deljko Baji\u0107, Branimir Bajs, Ivica Bartol, Ivan Beluhan, \u017deljko Benko, Ivan Bi\u0161kupi\u0107, Branka Bogdanovi\u0107, Bernard Bra\u010di\u0107, Branko Brckovi\u0107, Dra\u017een Brli\u0107, Robert Cerove\u010dki, Josip Cesar, Milenko Crljen, Mario Dara\u017ei\u0107, Slavko \u0110uras, Aleksandar Ekart, Zvonimir Frani\u0107, Zlatan Glogolja, Slavko Goli\u0107, Branko Habus, Mladen Ha\u0111ina, Ivica Harmicar, Darko Hitrec, Kre\u0161o Hitrec, Rudolf Horvati\u0107, Mirko Hrenar, Jasenko Kardum, Zoran Kereke\u0161, Ivica Keseg, Zdenko Klanfar, Vlado Koprivi\u010danec, Vesna K\u00f6stner, Josip Kraja\u010di\u0107, Ivica Krajnovi\u0107, Milivoj Kralj, Ivan Krobot, \u0110ani Krsti\u0107, Anto Kupre\u0161ak, Dragan Kurtin, Marko Livaji\u0107, Matija Ma\u010dek, Josip Malenica, Ivanka Mariji\u0107, Branko Markovi\u0107, Marin Martinjak, Josip Matlekovi\u0107, Bo\u017eidar Meti\u0107, Zoran Mihalj, Marko Miki\u0107, Predrag Naran\u010di\u0107, Marko Novak, \u017deljko Parlov, Danijel Paska, Josip Pavli\u0107, Marko Pi\u0161korec, Vladimir Plantak, Dragutin Poljanec, Kre\u0161o Radovani\u0107,  Kre\u0161o Risek, Neboj\u0161a Sko\u010daj, Ljiljana Sovar, Dubravko Stipan\u010dek, Igor Strbad, Ismet Sulejmanagi\u0107, Franjo \u0160poljari\u0107, Bo\u017eo Teskera, Slobodan To\u0161i\u0107, Dubravko Ulama, Darko Vinogradac, Stjepan Vlahek, Mario Vranji\u0107, Ton\u0107i Zaller, Ivan Zore, Josip \u017dmega\u010d, Stanko \u017dmuk. The remaining donors who were decorated for 2019 received their decorations at a ceremony in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voluntary blood donor Igor Strbad spoke on behalf of the recipients. He thanked President Milanovi\u0107 for the decorations and said that since the ceremony was held on World Blood Donor Day, the President has made this a day to remember. He added that the fact that they saved many lives and returned smiles on many faces with their humanitarian deed brings joy and fulfilment to all voluntary blood donors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the ceremony in the Office of the President were the President of the Croatian Red Cross Josip Jeli\u0107, Executive President Robert Markt and Director of the Croatian Institute of Transfusion Medicine Irena Juki\u0107. The President of the Croatian Red Cross said he feels the fulfilment of the soul because donating blood is an unprecedented act. \u201cIt is an act in which you perform the highest possible act of philanthropy, completely impartially. The meaning of the life of every blood donor is in philanthropy, because he does not know to whom he is giving blood,\u201d said the President of the Croatian Red Cross Josip Jeli\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Head of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic Bartol \u0160imuni\u0107, Adviser to the President of the Republic for Human Rights and Civil Society Melita Muli\u0107 and Adviser to the President of the Republic for Education Jadranka \u017darkovi\u0107 were alongside President Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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