Mr. Sc. Vesna Bosanac, Dr. Med. †

Vesna is a pediatrician and Director of the General County Hospital and Croatian Veterans Hospital in Vukovar, where she has lived since 1950 and worked since 1973.

During the Homeland War, she served as head of the hospital throughout the siege of Vukovar until its occupation on November 20, 1991. Following the fall of the city, she was imprisoned and held in captivity in Sremska Mitrovica and Belgrade until December 13, 1991, when she was released in a prisoner exchange.

Beginning in 1992, she worked at the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia as a humanitarian advisor and as Director of the Vukovar Medical Center in exile. From 1993 to 1996, she served as a consultant cooperating with UNICEF and the World Health Organization on programs supporting children, displaced persons, and refugees.

In 1997, she played a key role in overseeing the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube Region. Since 2008, she has served as President of the Association of Croatian Doctor Volunteers 1990–1991.

In recognition of her humanitarian service and leadership during wartime, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.

Vesna je pedijatrica i ravnateljica Opće županijske bolnice i Hrvatske bolnice za veterane u Vukovaru, gdje živi od 1950. godine, a radi od 1973. godine.

Tijekom Domovinskog rata obnašala je dužnost ravnateljice bolnice za vrijeme opsade Vukovara sve do okupacije grada 20. studenoga 1991. godine. Nakon pada grada bila je zatočena u Sremskoj Mitrovici i Beogradu do 13. prosinca 1991., kada je razmijenjena kao ratna zarobljenica.

Od 1992. godine djeluje u Ministarstvu zdravstva Republike Hrvatske kao humanitarna savjetnica te kao ravnateljica Medicinskog centra Vukovar u progonstvu. Od 1993. do 1996. godine bila je savjetnica za suradnju s UNICEF-om i Svjetskom zdravstvenom organizacijom na programima pomoći djeci, prognanicima i izbjeglicama.

Godine 1997. sudjelovala je u nadzoru procesa mirne reintegracije hrvatskog Podunavlja. Od 2008. godine predsjednica je Udruge hrvatskih liječnika dragovoljaca 1990.–1991.

Za svoj humanitarni rad i vodstvo tijekom ratnih okolnosti 1992. godine nominirana je za Nobelovu nagradu za mir.

Vesna es pediatra y Directora del Hospital General del Condado y Hospital Croata para Veteranos en Vukovar, donde reside desde 1950 y trabaja desde 1973.

Durante la Guerra de Independencia de Croacia, dirigió el hospital durante el asedio de Vukovar hasta la ocupación de la ciudad el 20 de noviembre de 1991. Tras la caída de la ciudad, fue encarcelada y permaneció cautiva en Sremska Mitrovica y Belgrado hasta el 13 de diciembre de 1991, cuando fue liberada en un intercambio de prisioneros de guerra.

Desde 1992 trabajó en el Ministerio de Salud de la República de Croacia como asesora humanitaria y como Directora del Centro Médico de Vukovar en el exilio. Entre 1993 y 1996 fue consultora en cooperación con UNICEF y la Organización Mundial de la Salud en programas destinados a apoyar a niños, personas desplazadas y refugiados.

En 1997 participó en la supervisión del proceso de reintegración pacífica de la región croata del Danubio. Desde 2008 es Presidenta de la Asociación de Médicos Voluntarios Croatas 1990–1991.

En reconocimiento a su liderazgo y labor humanitaria en tiempos de guerra, fue nominada al Premio Nobel de la Paz en 1992.