Michal Drobný


Michal Drobný M.D.. is a Slovak neurologist and politician. He was a member of the National Council between 1998 and 2002, representing the People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia.

Career

Drobný is the head of the Department of Neurology at the Martin University Hospital, he is a professor at the Jessenius School of Medicine, Comenius University, a founding member of the European Federation of Neurology and Neurological Emergencies, member of the Board of Donau organizational symposium in neurology and neuroscience, member of the Advisory Board at ILAE, a member of the European and the World Federation of Neurology and an active member of IBRO.

Political career

He ran for parliament in the 1998 Slovak parliamentary election and was elected for a 4-year-term. While serving in parliament he was active in improving the working condition for the members, as the previous conditions had been so unhealthy that members had developed chronic ophthalmopathy and respiratory disorders such as chronic cough and pneumonia. The ventilation system was so defunct that temperatures spiraled and microbes flourished.
In 2001 it was announced that he would retire from politics and not seek reelection.

Selected publications