Honoured Doctor of the People

Honoured Doctor of the People (German: Verdienter Arzt des Volkes) was the highest honorary title awarded to physicians in East Germany. It was given in form of a Medal. The title was stablished on March 31, 1949 and awarded every year on December 11, the birthday of Robert Koch.

Medal; awarded on Dezember 11, 1978 to pediatrician MR Dr. med. Helga Matheoschat

Sources

Bundesministerium für innerdeutsche Beziehungen (Hrsg.): DDR-Handbuch, Auszeichnungen, Verlag Wissenschaft und Politik, 1985, S. 26 und 29, ISBN 3804686427.
Andreas Herbst, Winfried Ranke, Jürgen R. Winkler: So funktionierte die DDR, Lexikon der Organisationen und Institutionen; Gesundheitswesen, Rowohlt Taschenbuch, 1994, ISBN 3499163489.

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