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According to the report distributed by the institution, V. Kuolas, originally from Zarasai, related his entire working career to the Klaipėda Seamen’s Hospital. The doctor lasted 40 years.
After studying at the Kaunas Medical Institute, V. Kuolas worked as a ship doctor for more than a decade and completed a ship doctor internship. Later, after graduating from clinical ordinance, he returned to work as a doctor in the Patient Admission – Emergency Department of Klaipda Seamen’s Hospital, later – as a doctor in the gastroenterologist diagnostic departments.
Having gained extensive experience working as a ship physician, he actively contributed to the establishment of the Marine Medical Unit at the hospital and was chairman of the Seafarers Medical Commission for nearly 20 years until he resigned last year.
“Principle and demanding of colleagues, meticulous and extremely loving patients. Excluding business hours, weekends. Always attentive, focused, with excellent memory, even without records in medical documents, remember the diseases of patients and their course. Perhaps that is why the patients who came to him once wanted treatment only with this professional. The patients looked for him and Valdas did not respond to anyone. For this reason, the doctor provided telephone consultations to patients in good faith even at a time when no one knew what COVID-19 and quarantine were, ”the colleague reminds the hospital community.
The professionalism of the doctor was repeatedly evaluated not only by the director of the hospital, but also by the Minister of Health.
“It just came to our knowledge then. He was interested in sports and was passionate about basketball, he attended competitions, he knew not only the clubs and stars of our country. However, his great passion was history, especially Lithuanian history. colleagues, he was like a living encyclopedia.When interviewed, he opened up a treasure trove of knowledge.
“Don’t rush to live,” he told his teammates, who were moving the marker on the wall calendar from tomorrow to tomorrow, “the teammates recall.
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