Elisabeth Vomstein
Elisabeth Josefine Vomstein (born September 14, 1916 in Schliengen ; † February 15, 2017 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German doctor . For almost 50 years she was involved with leprosy sufferers in Settipatty in southern India, where she built a leprosy hospital with outstations, workshops and training facilities.
Live and act
Elisabeth Vomstein initially worked as a medical-technical assistant before studying medicine in Freiburg after the Second World War . After graduating in 1953, she worked in the gynecological clinic in Freiburg , then in Trier , Heidelberg and St. Blasien . In 1960 she discovered in a newspaper that she was looking for a doctor for lepers in India . She applied and came to her new place of work in an adventurous way on a cargo ship. Vomstein has been treating leprosy sufferers in Settipatty, southern India, since 1961, who lived there in social isolation and poverty, and over the years built a small hut into a leprosy hospital with outstations as well as workshops and training facilities. The station was financed by the German Leper Aid Organization Würzburg and the “Aid Organization India Dr. Elisabeth Vomstein Schliengen-Mauchen eV ”. After staying in India for almost 50 years, Elisabeth Vomstein returned to her homeland in 2009 at the age of 92 to spend her old age in a retirement home in Freiburg.
Honors
- 1971: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 1983: Merit Medal of the State of Baden-Württemberg
- 1986: Large Federal Cross of Merit
- 1997: "Woman of the Year" by the International Women's Movement
- 2007: Münster Medal from the Archdiocese of Freiburg
- Honorary citizen of Schliengen
- Dr.-Elisabeth-Vomstein-Strasse in Schliengen
Web links
- EB: Varia: Personal details. Honored. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt. Volume 94, No. 33, 1997, pp. A-2152, B-1864, C-1740
- Dr. Elisabeth Vomstein Schliengen-Mauchen eV. , world-doctors-orchestra.org, accessed February 8, 2016
- Klaus Amann: The community of Schliengen congratulated on the 90th birthday: Leprosy doctor Dr. Elisabeth Vomstein , October 13, 2007, markgraefler-nachrichten.de, accessed on February 8, 2016
- An almost immeasurable life's work , article on the occasion of his 95th birthday, Badische Zeitung , September 14, 2011, accessed on February 8, 2016
- Aid organization in India dissolved. Original founding purpose achieved , Badische Zeitung, July 2, 2014, accessed on February 8, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nicole Riemer: UNIVERSITY ARCHIVE OF THE ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITÄT FREIBURG I. BR., Inventory B 0275, Pharmacological Institute 1927-1960. 2008, p. 25
- ↑ A woman who knew where to help In: Badische Zeitung , February 25, 2017, accessed on March 11, 2017
- ↑ Welcome home. In: Badische Zeitung from May 19, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vomstein, Elisabeth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vomstein, Elisabeth Josefine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schliengen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th February 2017 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |