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When you say Na Bulovce ...

In the middle of the year 2006, specifically on 21st June, the Prague Faculty Hospital Na Bulovce celebrated it 75th birthday. In the following paragraphs, we will remind us of what changes the hospital has experienced during the three quarters of a century of its existence and what preceded its establishment.

History until 1931

When the Czech King Charles IV issued a decree establishing vineyards within the area of three miles from Prague, he had no idea that he would indirectly contribute to the name of the hospital which was founded about six centuries later. One of the owners of the vineyards was Earl Bernard Bulle from Bullenau who settled down north of Prague on a hill which has since been known to the citizens of Prague as Bulovka. He built a baroque manor house which later served also as a military hospital. After the war, it served as an education facility for uncontrollable children of the citizens of Prague.

Liben experienced a rapid industrial development. New plants and works were established, required more and more workforce and better infrastructure. At the same time, the population was growing significantly and most people lived in working-class colonies. The hygiene conditions in these settlements resulted in a rapid increase in the number of ill people, particularly due to spreading infections. The small infection hospital with twenty beds which had been operating in the area of former vineyard Bulovka since 1896 could have not prevented this situation. After the accession of Liben to Prague in 1902, the even more obvious lack of beds in the health care facility led the Prague councillors and presbyteries to an extreme decision. At the ceremonial meeting of the Prague presbyteries on 18th October 1910, they reached the decision to build a new hospital on the south-eastern side of Bulovka. The original plans included several pavilions connected by corridors and a tunnel, with the total capacity of about 360 beds. The technical support and a certain degree of independence should have been provided by an electricity pavilion, boiler room, laundry room, kitchen and own laboratories.

However, these intentions were severely disrupted by the World War I. In 1915, the construction of the infection pavilion with 160 beds was finished and other works were suspended. Nevertheless, the providence with which the new hospital was built, was evident in a short time. The new infection pavilion managed to provide not only health care, but above all the necessary isolation of infected patients.

After the end of the World War I and constitution of Prague as the capital of Czechoslovakia, the increasing number of citizens led to a reconsideration of the issue of Bulovka hospital. Within a very short time, preparations for the construction of a completely new medical facility were started. The facility was supposed to be one of the most modern hospitals in Europe in terms of its architecture, medical procedures and technical equipment. The construction started in 1925 according to the project of the head Prague physicist MUDr. Ladislav Prochazka and professor MUDr. Karel Hynek. The construction was sponsored by the Construction Office, Prague. Within six years, the hospital was finished from the main part including all service operations and an accommodation building for staff and was officially passed on to the citizens of Prague.

History after 1931

The hospital Bulovka was inaugurated on 21st June 1931. The ceremony was attended by a number of important guests headed by the mayor of Prague JUDr. Karel Baxa accompanied by ministers, many great doctors and other experts. They all had the opportunity to admire the new health facility which was unique not only due to its technical equipment or staff. With its 765 beds, the new hospital was able to provide complex and highly professional health care while extending the scope of its activities gradually. For example, it established the first specialised urology department in Czechoslovakia and, a year later, the Tuberculosis Institute associated with the Charles University was established in the tuberculosis pavilion.

The original capacity became insufficient very soon due to an increasing number of patients and a further expansion of the capacity to 900 beds was approved. A dermatovenerologic pavilion was established in 1936 and followed by an infection pavilion in 1940. The establishment of this department was led by professor MUDr. J. Prochazka, DrCs., who later worked as the chief of the department for many years. The expansion was finished after building the Department of Internal Medicine, the operation of which began in 1941.

The World War II was a real test also for the hospital staff. Many of the employees lived in their departments and were not allowed to leave without letting the chief doctors know. Nurses were not even allowed to get married. The working week had 56 working hours. Despite of these measures, the hospital was actively engaged in the revolt. During the occupation, many citizens were hiding in the facilities, and medicaments and medical materials were secretly sent to the revolt leaders. The hospital also provided help during the May Prague Revolt.

In connection with this period, the Bulovka hospital is written in the minds of our citizens in relation to the event which started the dark period of Czech history. On 27th May 1942, a group of parachutists committed assassination on imperial SS protector Reinhard Heydrich near the hospital. Immediately after the event, he was transported to the surgical department at Bulovka where he was treated by a team of doctors and nurses who were quickly transported from Berlin. Special measures were taken in the whole facility, the entry to the hospital was banned and the premises were controlled by hundreds of members of SS who were armed to the teeth. Despite of all these actions, Heydrich died of internal injuries and blood poisoning.

The unfortunate and sad period of occupation is now reminded to the hospital visitors not only by a memorial plaque, but also by the surgical pavilion named after MUDr. B. Budin who was tortured to death by Gestapo.

After World War II, hospital Bulovka continued in building its reputation as an excellent health facility and became one of our best hospitals. In 1952, this facility became a clinical base for training of doctors. At the same time, the Centre for clinical education in infectious diseases was established. One of the first infection clinics in Europe, which has been co-operating with all three medical faculties of Charles University up to the present day, started its operation in 1955. In 1978, the Orthopaedic Clinic came into operations in a new building and two years later, patients started to use a new gynaecological and obstetric pavilion. Due to the establishment of a close co-operation in training of doctors and the establishment of clinics, this health facility started to use its present name – the Faculty Hospital Na Bulovce.

A bit of statistics

Historical overview of the directors of the Faculty Hospital Na Bulovce

Period	Director
1931 - 1934	doc. MUDr. Josef Horák
1934 – 1946	prof. MUDr. Klement Weber
1946 – 1949	prof. MUDr. Karel Přeborský
1949 – 1953	MUDr. Josef Eineigel
1953 – 1982	doc. MUDr. Václav Pánek, CSc.
1982 – 1986	MUDr. Vladimír Mohelský
1986 – 1990	MUDr. Augustin Špírek
1990 – 1994	MUDr. Zdeněk Vagner
1994 – 1995	MUDr. Vlastimil Chromčák
1995 – 1999	Ing. Ivo Blažek
2000 – 2001	MUDr. Antonín Martínek, CSc.
2001 – 2004	MUDr. Jaroslav Štrof, CSc., MBA
2004 – 2005	MUDr. Pavel Horák, CSc., MBA
2005 – 2005	MUDr. Jan Podlaha
2005 - 2009.	Ing. Petr Sláma
2009 - .	MUDr. Kateřina Toběrná

Historical overview of chiefs of clinics (formerly chiefs of departments)

Dermatovenerologic Clinic

from 1954 - department of ILF, since 1986 2.LF of the Charles University (LF = medical department)

1934 – 1945	prof. MUDr. K. Hübschmann, DrSc.
1945 – 1954	MUDr. Hugo Paukert
1954 – 1960	prof. MUDr. Jan Obrtel, DrSc.
1960 – 1970	doc. MUDr. Adolf Kůta, CSc.
1970 – 1990	prof. MUDr. Anna Fadrhoncová, DrSc.
1990 – 1995	doc. MUDr. Pavel Barták
1995 – 1998	prof. MUDr. Jana Hercogová, CSc.
1999 – 2004	MUDr. Renata Schmiedbergerová
2004 - .	prof. MUDr. Jana Hercogová, CSc.

Surgical Clinic

since 1975 - clinic and department of the ILF

1931 – 1934	MUDr. Josef Horák
1934 – 1944	prof. MUDr. Jan Levit
1944 – 1945	prof. MUDr. Dick
1945 – 1976	prof. MUDr. Jan Knobloch, DrSc.
1976 – 1985	prof. MUDr. Josef Novák, DrSc.
1986 – 1991	prof. MUDr. Miloš Hájek, CSc.
1991 - .	prof. MUDr. František Antoš, CSc.

Gynaecological and Obstetric Clinic

1987 – 1991 and since 2001 Department of the ILF

	prof. MUDr. Josef Gauss
	doc. MUDr. Jiří Moudrý
	MUDr. Jiří Pros
	MUDr. Adolf Bernard
1972 – 1978	doc. MUDr. Jan Šturma, CSc.
1978 – 1987	MUDr. Mirko Hůlek
1987 – 1991	doc. MUDr. Vincent Bak
1991 – 2001	MUDr. Jaroslav Blovský
2001 - .	prof. MUDr. Michael Halaška, DrSc.

Infection Clinic

since 1931 - an infection department, as a faculty department after World War II. It was split into three parts in the 1960s and the division was finished by establishing four departments which operate together.

1. 1. LF UK

1967 – 1987	prof. MUDr. Karel Kouba, DrSc.
1987 – 1989	doc. MUDr. Eva Sixtová, CSc.
1989 – 1991	doc. MUDr. Vilma Marešová, CSc.
1991 – 2005	doc. MUDr. Alena Lobovská, CSc.
2005 - .	doc. MUDr. Michal Holub, PhD.

2. FDL/2. LF UK

1945 – 1967	doc. MUDr. Jaroslav Procházka
1967 – 1994	prof. MUDr. Jiří Havlík, DrSc.
1994 - .	doc. MUDr. Vilma Marešová, CSc.

3. LFH/3. LF UK

1952 – 1978	prof. MUDr. Václav Kredba, CSc.
1978 – 1995	prof. MUDr. Václav Vacek, CSc.
1995 - .	doc. MUDr. Jiří Beneš, CSc.

4. 4. section of the ILF/IPVZ

1980 - 1997	MUDr. Jiří Vaništa, CSc.
1997 - .	doc. MUDr. Vilma Marešová, CSc.

Orthopaedic Clinic

since 1964 - clinic and department of the ILF

1945 – 1978	prof. MUDr. Rudolf Pavlanský, CSc.
1978 – 1990	doc. MUDr. Miroslav Slavík, CSc.
1990 – 1995	prof. MUDr. Zdeněk Matějovský, DrSc.
1995 - .	prof. MUDr. Pavel Dungl, DrSc.

Plastic surgery clinic

from 1997 - section of the IPVZ, since 2001 clinic of the ILF.

1997 - .

doc. MUDr. Jan Měšťák, CSc.

Pneumonia and Chest Surgery Clinic

from 1931- lung department, from 1932 - Tuberculosis Institute, in 1952 - Tuberculosis Research Institute, from 1969 – Institute for Research of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, from 1991 - Institute for Lung Diseases, in 1995 - joined FH Na Bulovce and received the status of a clinic of the 3.LF UK

1931 – 1932	doc. MUDr. Richard Foit
1932 – 1939	prof. MUDr. Jaroslav Jedlička
1939 – 1942	doc. MUDr. Josef Skládal
1942 – 1945	Dr. Willibald Lang
1945 – 1950	doc. MUDr. Josef Skládal
1950 – 1971	doc. MUDr. Rudolf Křivinka
1971 – 1976	MUDr. Pavel Krákora
1976 – 1987	MUDr. Rudolf Feuereisl, DrSc.
1987 – 1990	MUDr. Jiří Erban, CSc.
1990 – 1992	doc. MUDr. Luděk Trnka, DrSc.
1992 – 1993	MUDr. Václava Bártů
1993 – 1995	MUDr. Rudolf Vodrážka
1995 – 1997	MUDr. Pavel Fiala, CSc.
1997 - .	prof. MUDr. Petr Zatloukal, CSc.

Radiodiagnostic Clinic

UDL department since 1953

1931 – 1949	doc. RNDr. MUDr. Bohumír Poland
1949 – 1966	MUDr. Josef Slanina, CSc.
1966 – 1976	prof. MUDr. Slavoj Věšín, DrSc.
1976 – 1993	prof. MUDr. Jaromír Kolář
1993 – 2006	prof. MUDr. Josefa Bohutová
2006 - .

Radiation Oncology Institute

since 1951 - independent institute, from 1976 - Radiotherapeutical institute, since 1990 - Radiation Oncology Institute, 1999 - joined FH Na Bulovce, since 2001 - part of 1.LF UK

1936 – 1940	doc. MUDr. František V. Novák
1940 – 1976	doc. MUDr. Miloš Fořt
1976 – 1990	MUDr. Vladimír Kubec
1990 – 1999	MUDr. Milan Lapeš
1999 – 2001	MUDr. Vladimíra Stáhalová
2001 - .	prof. MUDr. Luboš Petruželka, CSc.

Institute of Legal Medicine

2. 2. LF UK

2000 - 2007.	prof. MUDr. Ivan Bouška, CSc.
2007 - .	MUDr. Michal Beran, Ph.D.

Historical overview of the chiefs of the Departments

Anaesthetic / Resuscitation Department

1963 – 1968	MUDr. Pavel Schenk
1970 – 1995	MUDr. Dimitrij Miloschewsky
1995 - .	MUDr. Tomáš Beran

Department of Children Surgery

1957 – 1986	MUDr. František Fojtík
1986 – 1989	MUDr. Zdenka Beranová, CSc.
1989 – 2005	MUDr. Vlastimil Chromčák
2005 - .	MUDr. Karel Harvánek

Department of Functional Diagnostics

since 2006 - part of the Centre for Preventive Care

1976 – 2002	MUDr. Alexandra Fajtová
2002 - .	MUDr. Jan Zeman

Department of Physiatry, Balneology and Rehabilitation

1931 – 1954	doc. MUDr. Karel Přerovský
1954 – 1976	MUDr. Arnošta Rydvalová
1976 – 1991	MUDr. Věra Soběslavská
1992 - .	MUDr. Karel Fojtík

I. Internal Department

1931 – 1954	prof. MUDr. Klement Weber, DrSc.
1954 – 1956	prof. MUDr. Hora
1956 – 1974	MUDr. Ladislav Symon
1975 – 1986	doc. MUDr. Jan Nedbal, CSc.
1986 – 1988	MUDr. Helena Janotová
1988 – 1990	MUDr. Jiří Kotouš
1990 – 1998	MUDr. Dagmar Kolářová
1999 - .	MUDr. František Paďour

II. Internal Department

1931 – 1957	doc. MUDr. Richard Fojt
1958 – 1984	doc. MUDr. Zdeněk Mařatka
1984 – 1989	doc. MUDr. Josef Osten
1990 – 1996	MUDr. Vojtěch Suchan
1996 – 2000	MUDr. Antonín Martínek
1999 - .	MUDr. Jiří Koskuba

Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology

1954 – 1988	MUDr. Karel Mašek
1988 – 1997	MUDr. Petr Wagner
1998 – 2008.	Ing. Renata Janotová
2008 – .	MUDr. Eugen Liška

Department of Clinical Haematology and Blood Transfusion

1969 – 1983	MUDr. Helena Šejdová
1983 – 1999	MUDr. Olga Auzská
1999 - .	MUDr. Alena Trpáková

Department of Clinical Microbiology

1949 – 1953	doc. MUDr. Josef Viklický
1954 – 1961	doc. MUDr. V. Vágner
1961 – 1987	MUDr. Karel Dvorský
1987 - .	MUDr. Blanka Horová

Department of Neonatology

2006 - .

MUDr. Martin Čihař

Department of Neurology

1931 – 1969	prof. MUDr. Otakar Janota
1969 – 1984	MUDr. Rudolf Vojíř, CSc.
1984 – 1991	doc. MUDr. Marie Filipová, CSc.
1992 - .	MUDr. Ing. Svojmil Petránek, CSc.

Department of Pain Treatment

since May 2006 - includes the Center for Further Nursing Care

1996 - .

MUDr. Dana Vondráčková

Eye Department

1947 – 1952	doc. MUDr. Jiří Jirman
1952 – 1981	MUDr. F. V. Michal, DrSc.
1981 – 1993	doc. MUDr. J. Boguszaková, CSc.
1993 – 2002	MUDr. Olga Šíblová
2002 - .	MUDr. Břetislav Brožek, CSc.

Department of Otorhinolaryngology

1931 – 1964	MUDr. Vít Horníček
1964 – 1980	prof. MUDr. Karel Bláha, DrSc.
1980 – 1989	prof. MUDr. Otakar Šíbl, CSc.
1989 – 1992	MUDr. Ivan Průcha
1992 – 1995	MUDr. Emil Mařík
1995 - 2007.	MUDr. Jaroslav Veselý
2007 - .	MUDr. Tomáš Podlešák

Department of Pathological Anatomy

1931 – 1952	prof. MUDr. Václav Jedlička
1953 – 1975	doc. MUDr. Josef Viklický
1976 – 1991	MUDr. Helena Roubková
1991 – 1994	MUDr. V. Trnka
1994 – 2002	MUDr. Zdeněk Kinkor
2002 - .	MUDr. Kamila Benková

Department of Pediatrics

1949 – 1964	MUDr. Berthold Epstein, DrSc.
1964 – 1982	MUDr. Roman Gostof, DrSc.
1982 – 1995	prof. MUDr. Václav Špičák, CSc.
1995 - .	MUDr. Martin Fuchs

Department of Stomatology

1943 - .	MUDr. Jaroslav Pokorný
1981 – 1990	MUDr. Mlynářová
1990 – 1998	MUDr. Anna Blechová
1998 - .	MUDr. Ladislav Strnad

Department of Urology

1931 – 1936	doc. MUDr. Josef Rejsek
1936 – 1951	prof. MUDr. Karel Kovařovic
1951 – 1960	MUDr. Josef Braun
1961 – 1976	doc. MUDr. Václav Pačes, CSc.
1976 – 1979	MUDr. Josef Rössler
1980 – 1993	MUDr. Václav Tománek
1994 - 2006.	MUDr. Zdeněk Gilbert
2006 - .	Doc. MUDr. Jaroslav NovĂĄk, CSc.

Historical overview of the head nurses and other key personnel

Clinics:

Clinic	Name
DER	Kaloušová B.	Veselá-Pospíšilová M.	Teřlová M.	Goldschmidtová S.	Šejnová M.	Křemenová K.
GPK	Ješátková M.	Pavlasová R.	Zelenková J.	Hlináková V.	Jandovská H.
CHIR	Odstrčil M.	Jelínková F.	Hofmanová S.	Bubeníčková J.
INF	Sochůrková R.	Moroviánová M.	Dohnalová L.	Kalinová L.	Novotná K.
ORT	Bubeníčková J.	Maierová M.	Fořtová E.
KPHCH	Pospíšilová J.	Tuhá K.	Kubalíková E.	Jirásková M.	Janásová N.
KPCH	Čacká M.	Pírková J.	Bališová I.
RDG	Šimůnková A.	Kohout J.
ÚRO	Kačirková K.	Košťálová J.

Departments

Department	Name
ARO	Chudobová B.	Dokoupilová H.	Kožmínová H.
DCHIR	Kalinová H.	Výborná J.
OFD	Bc. Parezová I.
FBLR	Dubová O.	Máchová J.
I. INT	Kramerová M.	Petzová Z.	Kopřivová D.	Bc. Štirandová E.
II. INT	Cikánková O.	Kristová J.	Karlovská M.	Mirtlová H.	Jakubů H.	Hrubá J.
OKBI	Mašková H.	Vémolová M.
OKHT	Gabriel	Orlová J.	Fíbrová M.
OKM	Šterclová M.	Krucká V.	Šenoltová H.
NEU	Frintová Dvořáková M.	Eger B.	Našincová	Potzová L.	Novotná I.	Jurošková H.
OLB	Chudobová B.
OFT	Tošovská J.	Dvořáková M.	Peštová B.	Růžičková M.
ORL	Pecháčková V.	Mazačová J.	Kalitová E.	Ehlenová A.
PAT	Benoniová E.
PED	Chalupová M.	Nováková H.	Šikýřová M.
URO	Svobodová Z.	Pístecká D.	Karlovská M.	Hrudková E.
NEO	Bc. Saxlová J.