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Marian Zembala

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Marian Zembala
Zembala in 2016
Minister of Health
In office
16 June 2015 – 16 November 2015
PresidentBronisław Komorowski
Andrzej Duda
Prime MinisterEwa Kopacz
Preceded byBartosz Arłukowicz
Succeeded byKonstanty Radziwiłł
Member of the Sejm
In office
12 November 2015 – 12 November 2019
Constituency31 – Katowice II
Personal details
Born11 February 1950
Krzepice, Poland
Died19 March 2022 (aged 72)
Zbrosławice, Poland
Political partyCivic Platform
SpouseHanna Zembala
Children4
ProfessionCardiac surgeon and Transplantologist
Known forPerforming the first single-lung transplant in Poland
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2004)
Order of the Smile (2005)
Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (2008)
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2011)
3rd Class of the Order of Merit of Ukraine (2012)

Marian Zembala (11 February 1950[1] – 19 March 2022[2]) was a Polish cardiac surgeon, full professor of medicine who served as Health Minister in 2015 and as a deputy to the Sejm (2015–2019). He was a member of Zbigniew Religa's team who performed the first successful heart transplant in Poland in 1985.

Political career

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Minister for Health: 2015

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In October, he improved the availability of specialist treatment for seniors - geriatric and cardiological teleconsilium: implementation of a nationwide pilot based on the Zabrze teleconsultation model, in cooperation with the Ministry of Administration and Digitization. In the same month, teleconsultations in rural areas with limited access to a specialist project prepared in cooperation with the Institute of Rural Medicine in Lublin and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Zembala increased the number of specialists in the field of geriatrics by launching new, shortened specialization paths for internists with proven experience in internal medicine and geriatrics, and for independent scientists with experience in geriatrics in cooperation with the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy and the Medical Center of Postgraduate Education.

Zembala introduced a health policy program in the field of geriatrics named "National Program for Prevention and Treatment of Age-related Conditions in Poland for 2016-2020" to develop, under the supervision of the Minister of Health, the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, the leaders of Polish geriatrics and the assumptions of coordinated geriatric care. He also introduced a pilot project of Day Care Homes and new forms of care for the elderly. A competition for the pilot creation and operation of 40 Day Care Homes for dependent people, in particular for elderly people, which was announced on 23 July 2015, and the application deadline until 30 October 2015. The project value was PLN 40 million

In the national elections, Zembala received 53,610 votes in the Katowice constituency for the Civic Platform list and he received a mandate deputy of parliament VIII term.[3] However, his party lost the elections to the national conservative Law and Justice party. In accordance with the constitution, Kopacz resigned along with Zembala and all other members of her cabinet at the first sitting of the newly elected Sejm. Zembala remained in office until his successor Konstanty Radziwiłł was sworn in on 16 November 2015.

References

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  1. ^ "Prof.dr hab.n.med. Marian Zembala". drugieserce.jaw.pl. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. ^ Pietraszewski, Marcin. "Nie żyje profesor Marian Zembala. "Nie wykluczamy, że mamy do czynienia z samobójstwem"". katowice.wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. ^ "PKW | Wybory do Sejmu RP i Senatu RP". Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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