Photo: Štěpán Ron, Czech Radio
Today, seeing female specialists perform life-saving surgeries or lead ground-breaking medical research feels entirely natural. However, not long ago, women faced significant obstacles in entering the field. It was only in 1902 that the first woman, Anna Honzáková, received a medical degree from Prague’s Charles University. More than a century later, Jarmila Heissigerová is among the many women who have followed in her footsteps—she heads the largest teaching eye department in the Czech Republic and is a professor at Charles University.
At just 16, Jarmila Heissigerová was diagnosed with what doctors initially believed to be an incurable eye disease that could lead to blindness.
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Author: Ruth Fraňková