 Helen Korda - a political prisoner who herself underwent an operation around the same time - agreed to look after the recovering Schelingová.Apolónia Galis (d. 21 June 2003) visited her in prison with a guard present though secretly bought her cakes with vitamins contained in them in order to take care of her health.Government officials secured her release from prison on 16 April 1955 - a decade before her actual release date - so that she would not die on the government's watch.