Otakar Tardy, the founder of the ENT department in Litomyšl - commemoration on the 45th anniversary of his death.

Otakar Tardy was born on June 14th 1907 in Kutná Hora. He graduated from the medical faculty of Masaryk university in Brno and trained at the local ENT clinic under the supervision of professor František Ninger. In 1938 he founded the ENT department in Litomyšl, one of the largest in Czechoslovakia. He significantly contributed to the development of organized health care in the East Bohemian region and was very involved in social life. He headed the department until 1971 when he retired. He died in 1978.