PRESS RELEASE
Statement by the office of HRH Crown
Prince Alexander regarding media inquiries about little Tijana Ognjanovic
Belgrade, 31 October 2013 – In
reference to the case of little Tijana Ognjanovic and due to many media
inquiries, the Office of HRH Crown Prince Alexander is issuing the following
statement:
“HRH Crown Princess Katherine
Foundation has been helping all those in need for more than two decades. Thanks
to HRH Crown Princess Katherine’s connections with the Houston Health Centre,
which she visited last year during the charity event for Serbia, Her Royal
Highness managed to reduce the price of the heart transplantation surgery, from
1 million US dollars, which had originally been agreed between the Hospital and
the parents, to 700,000 US dollars, and to provide the family with the
complimentary accommodation and transportation for as long as it was needed in
the US, as well as a Serbian friend to be at their services in terms of
communication and translation. The Royal Couple was extremely saddened by the
death of Tijana, they attended her funeral and expressed their deepest
condolences to her family.
Her Royal Highness and the Crown
Princess Katherine Foundation have never had any accesses to the bank account,
or to any of the transactions that took place between the Houston Health Centre
Texas and the parents, which were strictly between them, and confidential under
doctor-patient privilege. Therefore, we cannot comment on any of the matters
other than this statement is about.
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