Izabela Płaneta-Małecka

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Izabela Płaneta-Małecka
Minister of Health of the Polish People's Republic
In office
14 October 1988 – 1 August 1989
Prime MinisterMieczysław Rakowski
Preceded byJanusz Komender
Succeeded byAndrzej Kosiniak-Kamysz
Personal details
Born(1930-12-08)8 December 1930
Lwow
Died17 December 2016(2016-12-17) (aged 86)
Łódź, Poland
NationalityPolish
Political partyIndependent[1]
Alma materMedical Academy of Łódź
OccupationPhysician, politician

Izabela Płaneta-Małecka (8 December 1930 – 17 December 2016) was a Polish physician, university professor and pediatrician who served as the Minister of Health in the Polish People's Republic.

Biography[edit]

Daughter of Jan and Zofia, she was born in Lwów (then part of the Second Polish Republic). In 1954 she graduated from the Medical Academy of Łódź. From 1979 she was a professor of medical sciences, and from 1985, professor at the Military Medical Academy. Author of over 600 works in the field of paediatrics.[2] In 1980, she became the head of the 2nd Clinic of Lung Diseases of the Military Medical Academy, established on the basis of the Hospital of Lung Diseases in Łódź.[3] She was the creator and implementer of the concept of multifocal care for a chronically ill child (hospital – clinic – health camp). As part of this activity, for over 20 years she co-organized health camps with for diabetology and gastrology treatment. She was also a co-organizer of two sanatoriums for children with diabetes, in Rabka and Kołobrzeg.[4] In 1983, she became a member of the National Council of the Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth.[5] From 14 October 1988, to 1 August 1989, she was the Minister of Health and Social Welfare in the government of Mieczysław Rakowski. On 22 December 1988, she signed an order formally establishing the University Children Clinical Hospital in Białystok.[6] She worked at the "Polish Mother's Memorial Health Institute" in Łódź as a consultant at the Gastroenterology Clinic and a member of the Scientific Council of the institute. She died in 2016[7] in Lodz and was buried at the Radogoszcz in the city.[8]

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  1. ^ Mirosław Szumiło. "Women As "Gray Eminence" in the Communist Power Elite in Poland" (PDF). Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Prof. Izabela Płaneta-Małecka – moja Szefowa". Gazeta Lekarska. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. ^ Ewa Małecka-Panas. "Mama w moich oczach". Medical Tribune. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Prof. Izabela Płaneta-Małecka – moja Szefowa". Gazeta Lekarska. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Moja mama minister. "Chciała zmienić świat na lepsze"" (in Polish). Wyborcza. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej – Uniwersytecki Dziecięcy Szpital Kliniczny im. L. Zamenhofa w Białymstoku" (in Polish).
  7. ^ "Zmarła prof. dr hab. n. med. Izabela Płaneta-Małecka".
  8. ^ "Izabela Płaneta-Małecka". Wyborcza. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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