Sehadete Mekuli
Sehadete Mekuli | |
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| Born | Sehadete Doko October 16, 1928 |
| Died | November 12, 2013 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Alma mater | Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, professor |
| Known for | Treating injured students of the 1981 protests in Kosovo |
| Spouse | Esad Mekuli |
| Children | 2 |
Sehadete Mekuli (16 October 1928 – 12 November 2013), also spelled Sadete Mekuli, was a Yugoslavian-born Albanian
Biography
She was born Sehadete Doko on 16 October 1928 in Ohrid, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in North Macedonia). She pursued secondary studies in 1947 in her native city and then studied medicine in the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, graduating on 7 January 1954. On 1 April 1954, she started to work in the Hospital of Pristina as a gynecologist and obstetrician. Mekuli specialized in gynecology in March 1960 in Belgrade. From 1960 until 1962 she was the Chief of the Gynecology and Obstetrics Pavilion of the Pristina Hospital. In 1963, for political reasons, she left the hospital and became Chief of the Dispensary (a public dispensary), within the House of Health of Pristina. In January 1968, she returned to her position as Chief of the Gynecology and Obstetrics Pavilion in the Pristina Hospital.[1] She also developed a lecture series for schools and dormitories to improve the health education of girls.[2]
After the opening of the
1981 protests in Kosovo
In 1981 Mekuli tended to the Albanian students injured by the police during the 1981 protests in Kosovo, when the Albanians were demanding more autonomy within Yugoslavia.[3] She was accused of "showing too much zeal" in treating the wounded[4] and siding with the students in their demands as well.[2] Because of her actions, the University of Pristina refused to promote her to full professor, and she was forced into early retirement in October 1988.[3] Following the dissolution of Kosovo in 1989, all health workers in the clinic were expelled. In 1996 Mekuli opened a gynecology and obstetrics clinic in conjunction with the Mother Teresa charity organization, which brought in gynecologists from around Kosovo to treat women.[2]
Her work and figure inspired the character of Teuta Shkreli in Ismail Kadare's novel The Wedding Procession Turned to Ice (Albanian: Krushqit jane te ngrire).[3]
Personal life
Mekuli was the wife of Albanian poet Esad Mekuli (1916–1993). She died in Pristina in November 12, 2013 and was survived by her two children.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Përcillet në shtëpinë e fundit Prof.dr. Sehadete Mekuli" (in Albanian). Koha Ditore. 12 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12.
- ^ a b c "Ka vdekur në Prishtinë prof dr. Sadete Mekuli (1928–2013)" [She Died in Pristina: Prof. Dr. Sadete Mekuli (1928–2013)]. Radio Television of Kosovo (in Albanian). Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8108-7483-1.
- ^ Kullashi, Muhamedin. "LIMPIEZA ÉTNICA EN LA EX-YUGOSLAVIA" [Ethnic Cleansing in Yugoslavia] (PDF) (in Spanish). praxis.univalle.edu.co. p. 88. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. (note 16)
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