OPENS
ETHIO-SWEDISH CLINIC
On this day when We inaugurate the Ethio-Swedish Pediatric Clinic, it is
a source of great pleasure to find in our midst His Royal Highness Prince
Bertil, Duke of Holland, who has made a long and arduous journey to be among us
on this memorable occasion. We take this opportunity to express Our thanks to
His Royal Highness and through him to the Government and people of Sweden who
have made possible this clinic which stands as a living testimony between the
two nations and their peoples.
This clinic is devoted to the preservation and
protection of the health and well-being of infants and young children – those
too young, too frail to help themselves. Our Lord Jesus Christ said, “Suffer
the little children to come unto me,” and surely no endeavour of mankind’s can
more confidently count upon the benevolent blessing of Our Father in Heaven
than that which has found expression in this building and the purposes to which
it is dedicated. We would that more of man’s efforts and energies were today
directed to equally noble ends.
It is fitting that this clinic has been built
through the joint efforts of Ethiopia and Sweden, both equally dedicated to the
establishment of those conditions which will enable the young of the world to
grow to full maturity in happiness, good health and security. As His Royal
Highness has so aptly suggested, the example which Ethiopia and Sweden set
today, if only emulated throughout the world, would do much to dispel and
dissipate the problems and difficulties mankind is encountering in its arduous
passage through the Twentieth Century.
Our
concern for all of Our people, and particularly for the young and those in
need, has found expression in the educational and public health programmes
which We have inaugurated throughout Our Empire. In Our endeavours, We have
been aided by unselfish and high-minded men, and today, as this clinic is
officially inaugurated, We extend Our thanks to His Excellency the Minister of
Sweden, Mr. Bratt, to Dr Mannheimer and to all whose labours have combined to
assure that this institution will make its full contribution to the welfare of
Our people. We have not failed to note, during the few months which it has been
in operation, the praiseworthy results already achieved, and We are pleased to
inaugurate it as a distinguished addition to the health facilities of Our
nation and an institution well-fitted to stand beside the Hospital dedicated to
the memory of Our beloved daughter, Princess Tsahai Haile Selassie, who devoted
her life to the care of children.
Dec.
2, 1959.
Selected Speeches of His
Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie - page 543 –
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