Miroslav Malay

Finding the head of the Department of Physiotherapy of the Faculty of Health at Alexander Dubček’s University of Trenčín was a bit of a detective. We first ran out of college building. There we were advised that he might be in a military hospital where he spends a lot of time in an office. At the Military Hospital in the city center, the doctor ordained regularly and frequently, but this year he finished. May. We searched his home address and successfully found the entrance of his house in the settlement South. We didn’t catch him at home. His wife told us to go to the front phone. She immediately suggested that she call him and arrange a meeting. So we’re going back to the high school building where Mr. Professor is waiting for us.

Miroslav Malay is one of the architects of the Trenčín Department of Physiotherapy. He moved to Trencin from Zvolen and worked as a military doctor at the Military Hospital. The department that co-founded it developed into its current form during the years of operation. A measure of enthusiasm was needed at the beginning. The biggest challenge was to find experts to give lectures at school. For people from practice, often from private practice, it is both a time and an economic loss. Space was also a problem. They started at one of the local elementary schools. Today there are physiotherapists in a modern building, among teachers there are many young experts. ♦ Today I have a good feeling about it, a piece of good work will stay, and he said with satisfaction.

Miroslav Malay, in addition to his schoolwork, is active in the Slovak Union of Anti-fascist Warriors as Chairman of the District Organization and is also a member of the Presidency of the Union of Soldiers. His father was a member of the II. Czechoslovak Paradise Brigade in the USSR and his story about the struggles, as well as the memories of grandmother for the period of SNP, in him aroused interest in history and especially in the period of World War II. He also spends his time collecting and publishing information about this period related to the Trenčín region. He is one of the co-authors of the publication Let us not forget which maps monuments, monuments, memorial boards and tombstones dedicated to the victims of World War II in the districts of Trenčín and Bánovce nad Bebravou.

He prefers to relax with his grandchildren. Hours spent behind the computer compensate for walking.