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.
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| Graduation at Swedish-Ethiopian Building College. Prince Bertil awards diplomas in the presence of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie. (1959) |
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