"In the beginning, everyone had scabies," says Professor Krčméry. "The best step was to get them a gas stove and we taught them that the clothes will get rid of scabs if they are hung at the height of 50 centimetres for 5 – 10 minutes."

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Vladimír Krčméry: Sane people help by example

On the evening of Tuesday, December 20, 2022, the leading Slovak epidemiologist and infectologist, Vladimír Krčméry, died. He was 62 years old. He had bilateral pneumonia. Just a few days before his death, he was still helping those who needed it the most. The report is from the refugee camp in Kúty, where he kept going despite his health problems. Photos are not arranged.

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Boris Németh

professional photographer, Týždeň

He studied photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, where he completed his doctoral studies in 2011. Currently, he works at the school as an external teacher of reportage photography. He has exhibited in Slovakia and abroad. Since 2006 he has been a photographer for the magazine .týždeň.