On Thursday, the last farewell to Professor, doctor, tropical medicine and infectious disease expert Vladimír Krčméry took place in the Church of St. Vincent de Paul in Bratislava - Ružinov.
He founded the private University of Health and Social Work St. Alžbety in Bratislava, which has several detached workplaces in Europe and Africa, in 2002. Together with the school, Krčméry launched a successful House of Family children's home project in Cambodia. Until 2013, he was the rector and statutory representative of the school where he founded the Tropical Team.
Vladimír Krčméry was an ambassador of the anti-tetanus project of UNICEF, a member of the council of the Minister of Health, director of the Slovak Postgraduate Academy of Medicine. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he became a member of the Permanent Crisis Staff of the Slovak Republic. He was one of the main faces of the vaccination campaign against the COVID-19 disease and also one of the most sought-after experts.
Vladimír Krčméry passed on December 20 at the age of 62.
