Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski says that over 2,000 patients from Ukraine are hospitalized in Poland. Nearly half of them are children. The head of the health ministry added that most hospitalized patients in Poland have diseases related to exhaustion and hard travel, and only isolated cases are people who have been injured in war, suffering from facial or eye injuries.

“The health care system is committed to helping Ukrainian citizens. We treat very difficult cases, we help restore eyesight”, said Adam Niedzielski and added that although most patients go to Polish hospitals, some of them are transferred to other European Union countries.

“We try to ensure chronically ill patients receiving treatment in Poland, but we also develop mechanisms for transferring these patients to the other Member States. We transported 39 patients to hospitals in the various EU Member States. In the case of university facilities, this is often done thanks to the direct acquaintance of doctors and cooperation with partner hospitals”, informed the Minister of Health.

Meanwhile, a pediatric center was established in Lublin directing sick children to institutions all over Poland and abroad. Since the beginning of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, specialists from the General and Children’s Clinic of the Medical University of Lublin have been in constant contact with ophthalmologists from Lviv, providing medical support, and consultations via the Internet.

“The programs that we have been developing, based on telemedicine techniques and digitization now help us contact our colleagues from Ukraine. These long-term contacts have gained importance in the face of the war”, said Prof. Robert Rejdak, head of the General Ophthalmology Clinic of the Independent Public Teaching Hospital No. 1 in Lublin.

Adrian Andrzejewski