Milada Emmerová

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Milada Emmerová (born 4 November 1944) is a Czech doctor, politician and former Minister of Health for the Czech Republic. She is a member of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD).

1 Personal life
2 Medical career
3 Political career
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Personal life

Born in in Plzeň, Emmerová was married (1966–1982) to Jiří Emmer, and had two children Jiří Emmer (* 1967), who became a doctor, and Helena Emmerová (* 1979).

[edit] Medical career

Emmerová completed her medical degree at Charles University in 1967. She practiced internal medicine in Pilsen rising to the rank of supervising physician in 1978. In the 1990s she became a consultant and lectured throughout the country. Since 2000 she has been a member of the New York Academy of Sciences. As of 2006 she remained on the faculty in Pilsen. In June 2006 she was appointed to the board of the Czech Universal Health Insurance (VZP).

[edit] Political career

Originally a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), she joined the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) in 1994. Elected in the Czech election of 1996 and 1998 to the Chamber of Deputies, she served on the Health committee, first as a member and then starting after her reelection in 2002, as chairwoman. In 2004 in the government of Stanislav Gross, she was appointed as Minister of Health^[1], succeeding Jozef Kubinyi. When Grosse resigned she was reappointed by Jiří Paroubek. In a 2004 by-election she ran for the Senate from Plzeň, but lost to the ODS candidate.^[2] During her tenure as Minister of Health she created hospital ombudsmen to expedite the handling of patient complaints.^[3] However, during her tenure health care costs continued to rise dramatically. She was removed as Minister of Health on 12 August 2005.^[4]