Dr. Peter Krcho's hometown of Kosice, Slovakia is known for many things: The second largest city in the nation, Kosice is the economic and cultural center of eastern Slovakia, a hub of education and industry. It also has one of the highest neonatal and infant mortality rates among European cities.
Dr. Krcho, a neonatologist, has always been passionate about changing that sobering statistic. But Communist rule over the former Czechoslovakia stifled medical advances — until the Velvet...
