Katarína Vlčková | photo: David Turecký
PremiumInterview "Helping others is not a virtue, it's my need," says palliative physician Katarína Vlčková (42), who works at the home hospice Cesta domý. Together with her husband Ondřej, director of the Czech software company Avast, they founded the Vlčkovy Family Foundation to build a children's hospice in the crumbling Cibulka homestead. The amount of 1.5 billion crowns that they put into the foundation caused a bit of a stir. 1. January 2022 12:00 PM Unlock Article17 photos |
You have had quite a few conversations with your husband. Was it intentional not to reject the media?We realized that 1.5 billion crowns is enough money, so from the beginning we wanted to speak publicly about our intention to avoid unnecessary speculation. The community of people who live on Cibulka is cohesive. What happened to the homestead mattered to them. We didn't want them to be surprised by the news that someone bought Cibulka. That is why we presented our vision to facilitate its adoption. I don't think there were any rumors. We took media interest as another task. First, she was interested in the amount of money, then what palliative care is, what it is for, what the hospice will look like... It is challenging, but I can say for myself that it is good to use it. The more media-savvy husband said, "When they want to ask, we'll answer."
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