Miroslav Čerbák was a Czech physician and politician, a native of Brno. He died on 18 October 2026 in Dolní Řasnice in the Frýdlantsko area, aged 90. His death was reported in Českolipský deník by a friend of his, the head physician of the children's ward of Česká Lípa Hospital.[1][2]
For the Civic Democratic Alliance he was a member of the Czech National Council in 1992 and a member of parliament from 1992 to 1996. In the same period he was deputy chairman of the Czech Medical Chamber. From 1996 he served as deputy to Minister of Health Jan Stráský.[1][2] In that post he coordinated the medical council that cared for the ailing President Václav Havel. According to Novinky.cz, in 1998, for example, he was present in Innsbruck when Havel was operated on by the local surgeon Ernst Bodner.[1]
After leaving the ministry he returned to Česká Lípa Hospital, where he worked as a physician for many years. According to Blesk.cz, he met the actor Vlastimil Brodský at the hospital; Brodský lived at a cottage in the Českolipsko area, and the two became friends.[1][2] After retiring he took up photography, and several exhibitions of his photographs followed.[1]
According to Novinky.cz, the farewell ceremony is to take place on Saturday 31 October 2026 at 3 p.m. in the church in Ludvíkov pod Smrkem.[1]
Chronology
- — Miroslav Čerbák, a physician and former member of parliament who coordinated the medical team of President Václav Havel, died aged 90 in Dolní Řasnice in the Frýdlant area. → Novinky.cz Blesk.cz
Sources
- Novinky.cz — 25 October 2026
- Blesk.cz — 25 October 2026