DEDJASMATCH BALCHA HOSPITAL
It has given Us great pleasure to be
present here at this hospital named after one of Our National heroes Dejazmatch
Balcha, on the occasion of the Commemoration of its first decade devoted to the
fruitful cause of helping the sick and preserving the health of Our people.
It is a fact that the very word “hospital”
is a symbol of memorial to the sacrifice made by man for the well-being of his
fellow-men. This humanitarian and charitable task of helping the ailing and
infirm, of keeping men and women in good health that they may properly fulfil
their civic duties, is indeed a sacred duty of substantial value to man-kind,
going beyond all national barriers, beyond all narrow affinities of race and
religion.
It is indeed as a result of this that
medical science, springing out of the love of man for his fellow-men and out of
sympathy for his suffering, has been universally accepted as having no
boundaries nor biases.
Indeed, We can hardly think of a better
means to secure mutual understanding and cultural co-operation among the
peoples of the world, than to labour selflessly and lovingly in the field of
medical service for the relief of those who stand in great need of such aid.
The activities of this hospital, during the past ten years of its
existence in general, and specifically its pursuit of service in the noble
tradition of Soviet Medicine, and its desire to help Ethiopia in the spirit of
co-operation and friendship, have indeed borne fruit in a manner that is pleasing
to Us.
We can never forget the great help rendered to Our country by the
Russian Red Cross Society during the hard and perilous times of 1896 and by the
medical mission in 1897, during the reign of His Majesty the Emperor Menelik
II. That timely aid will gratefully be remembered for ever.
We wish to express Our thanks for the greetings of the more than 24
million members of the Red Cross Society of the Soviet Union, conveyed to Us
through their distinguished Vice-President, and We Would be very pleased if Our
own greetings with the expression of Our admiration, as well as Our good wishes
be conveyed to the great people of the Soviet Union.
We wish to thank the doctors and assistants and the members of the
nursing and administrative staff, of the Dejazmatch Balcha Hospital, for the
medical aid that they have rendered in the spirit of kindness and love to the
sick who have come to this Hospital in search for such help that the Red Cross
Society of the Soviet Union has given in the form of modern medical equipment,
in order to develop and perfect the facilities of this hospital.
We would like to state on this occasion that this hospital will continue
to enjoy Our help and interest as it has in the years of the past.
Oct. 26, 1957.
Selected Speeches of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie - page 540 -
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HIM QHS in A Red Cross Hospital Ethiopia 1935 |
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