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The farewell of Kęstutis Vitkus takes place on Friday at 12-13 in Vilnius St. In the Church of Joseph. Mass will be offered the same day, at 6 p.m.
By limiting the number of participants in a pandemic, it will be possible to watch the broadcast of the Mass and Facebook.
Even before saying goodbye, all visitors were asked to comply with quarantine requirements to protect themselves and those around them.
A St. Joseph Church is currently elected by the family, friends and comrades of K. Vitkus.
Continuing with the dear prof. In the tradition of K. Vitkus’s wife, aa Daiva Vitkienė-Reimerytė, the professor’s relatives asked that those who come to say goodbye to the deceased choose to bring a sacrifice instead of flowers, which will be given to the large families of the parish . supported by the Vitka family. Current account no. LT687300010146082675 (Parish of Saint Joseph of Vilnius).
The funeral of Professor K. Vitkus will be held only among the closest relatives.
The surgeon’s death was confirmed on the Delfi portal at the beginning of last week by the professor’s daughter, Vita Degutienė. The woman said that the famous doctor was suddenly surprised while in Birštonas.
“Our hearts cry when we lose you in pain, Beloved Father, brother, grandfather, uncle. You are gone, but you will live forever in our minds and hearts. Rest in peace, “the family said in a statement.
The professor died unexpectedly when his heart stopped. Until the last days, he was active: he worked, he taught at the university.
“He had to go home tomorrow after rehabilitation. And here so unexpectedly … Or a heart attack, or a thrombus. He is healthy, we had many plans of all kinds. Completely unexpected”, – commented the late daughter Vita Degutienė about the difficult words “Delfi”.
He said that he had been in contact with his father on the eve of his death and assured that the conversation had not raised suspicions about the deterioration of his condition.
“We call ten times a day, we talk to the video,” he said.
According to her, Dad never liked complaining about his health, but had hinted at difficulties during post-operation treatment.
“It just came to our attention then. I tell him,” Dad, you’ve never had surgery; once you’ve broken your leg, you don’t know how difficult it is to recover from surgery, it takes time. “He’s a surgeon. Even after the operation, his legs weren’t” awake “and he was already trying to move them. Doctors performed a great miracle. After the operation, everything went well. During the rehabilitation period, if the gym was not open on weekends, he would ask for the keys and still get up early and start exercising, “said V. Degutienė.
According to the surgeon’s daughter, he and his family had planned to go to the farm for the weekend.
“We have such a large farm, both dogs and llamas … It has been very optimistic now and always. Although we have suffered losses, we have never lost our positivity,” said the woman.
It was while working on the farm that the man was ill.
“Because there was a quarantine in the winter, he spent a lot of time on the farm. There really is a lot of farm work there. Before that, in the fall, while he was trying to stretch the boat, he had a hernia in his chest. This is a very rare condition that requires rare surgery. So the doctors really did a miracle that he operated on him so successfully. Now there was the task: all the rehabilitation to be fully upright. Tomorrow I had to go home and lo and behold, this morning it happened … ”said her daughter.
According to the interlocutor, the family has already started planning their father’s farewell and his body is going to be cremated.
“We will say goodbye next week to priest Richard Doveik in the new church, and then in the family circle we will take him to the farm, to the chapel, where his mother and brother are buried,” said the woman.
A little later, V. Degutienė also announced the cause of his father’s death.
“Daddy’s last dream has also come true … With a smile, hundreds of planned good deeds and without suffering to go to your loved ones … Pulmonary embolism. As He called it, real death … He taught us every day to enjoy the little moments of everyday life and to appreciate the moment that is called “now”. Perhaps this is the happiness and strength of our family. Let’s not cry, let’s not be sad, but let’s remember only the most beautiful and fun moments that we have lived with Him. Let’s communicate and enjoy our loved ones in this life. In prayer, “the deceased’s daughter wrote sensitively.
Teacher. Kęstutis Vitkus was one of the most famous microsurgeons in the country and during his career he performed thousands of surgeries. He is considered the pioneer of plastic surgery in Lithuania.
Teacher. K Vitkus was born in 1952. Skuode. His father was also a famous doctor, the microsurgeon Mečislovas Vitkus. 1976 K. Vitkus graduated from Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine with a degree in medicine in 1990. As a doctor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Vilnius University Hospital in Santara Clinics, prof. K. Vitkus has been working since 1982 and in 2013-2019. He was the head of the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Center of these clinics. 1988-1989 The professor worked as a sports medicine physician in Portland, on the Trail Blazers team, from 1992 to 1993 at the Clinic for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Springfield, Southern Illinois, USA.
In 2004, prof. K. Vitkus founded the first plastic surgery clinic in Lithuania, VitkusClinic, where he worked as a surgeon, consulted and performed operations.
During his career as a doctor and professor, prof. K Vitkus did an internship in clinics in Moscow and St. Petersburg, improved his skills in France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, the United States, Germany, Russia, the Czech Republic, Finland. Professor since 1985. To this day, he has worked at Vilnius University: he has taught students and given medical training courses. He has also taught clinics in Chicago, Miami, Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco. Teacher. K. Vitkus was the founder and member of the Lithuanian Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and its first president, member of the International Society of Surgery, member of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, member of the Lithuanian Society for Surgery of the Hand and Rehabilitation Manus Lithuanica, International College of Surgeons, Member of the Editorial Board of Acta Medica Lituanica, Lithuanian Surgery and Medicine of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Lithuania.
For his active professional activity prof. K. Vitkus has won many awards: the National Award for the Establishment of the Plastic and Reconstruction Service, the Star of the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee, the Lithuanian Biathlon Federation Medal of Merit for the Lithuanian Biathlon, the Department of Physical Culture and Sports under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania Sports Honor Cross sport ”, first degree award from the Vilnius city municipality“ For merits to Vilnius and the nation ”.
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