Abstrakt
During three days at the end of April, Prague became a venue of the First CECS - Central European Congress of Surgery. Czech Organising Committee and InternationalScientific Committee prepared extensive scientific pro-gramme.
Under the auspices of Dagmar and VaclavHavel, V. Hampl, rector of Charles University, O.
Hrusak,dean of Medical School, and S. Brunclik, director ofCentral Military Hospital, it was Dagmar Havlova, whoopened the congress.