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Act on aid for refugees signed by the president. Impunity denied

On Saturday, by the majority of one vote, the Sejm adopted the Senate's amendments concerning the so-called provisions on impunity of officials and entrepreneurs. The deputies also adopted a dozen other Senate amendments.

March 14, 2022
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Daily report: A large drop in the number of infections

The health department informed: We have 7,580 (including 812 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Mazowieckie (1436), Greater Poland (902), Pomeranian (625), of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (581), Lower Silesia (533), West Pomeranian Voivodeship (525),...

March 13, 2022
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Anna Gołębicka

Train to a better world

There is such a nice internet meme. A little boy stands on the platform and asks the railwayman: - Sir, from which platform does the train to a better world leave? - There is no such world - replies the railwayman. Be better, the world will be better. Our times are wasted, but whatever you may...

March 12, 2022
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Saturday: 11,116 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection

On Saturday, the Ministry of Health informed: We have 11,116 (including 1,148 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Masovian (1805), Greater Poland (1503), Kuyavian-Pomeranian (953), Lower Silesia (905), Zachodniopomorskie (845), Lublin (664), Pomeranian (621),...

March 12, 2022
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What is the true number of deaths after two years of a pandemic?

Global official reports by the end of 2021 show that 6 million people have died directly from COVID-19. But scientists estimate in a newly published study that, since the beginning of 2020, there have been at least 18 million more deaths than usual in two years.

March 11, 2022
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WHO suggests Ukraine get rid of all pathogens from laboratories

The World Health Organization (WHO) advises Ukraine to destroy high-risk pathogens stored in public health laboratories in the country to prevent the potential spread of disease to humans.

March 11, 2022
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Poland ranked 16th in the world in terms of the number of covid deaths

In a few days, Poland will join the group of a dozen or so countries in the world where the rate of deaths due to COVID-19 per million inhabitants exceeds 3,000.

March 11, 2022
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Domestic Drug Manufacturers support Ukraine

Domestic pharmaceutical companies associated in the Polish Association of Pharmaceutical Industry Employers donated almost one million drug packages to Ukraine, worth approximately PLN 15 million.

March 11, 2022
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Parliamentary Mental Health Team for Children and Adolescents - Live

Legal gaps in the access of minors to psychological care.

March 11, 2022
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The Minister of Health has appointed a team for medical aid for Ukraine

In Journal of Laws The Ministry of Health published the Order of the Minister of Health of March 10, 2022 on the establishment of the Medical Assistance Team for Ukraine.

March 11, 2022
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What should patients from Ukraine know?

In connection with the armed conflict on the territory of Ukraine, the doctors of the Healthcare Employers' Alliance declared cooperation with local authorities of local self-government: cities, counties and communes dealing with war refugees. In order to improve assistance to Ukrainian citizens...

March 10, 2022
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WHO has confirmed 16 reports of attacks by Russians on medical facilities in Ukraine

Catherine Smallwood, a senior emergency officer at the WHO's regional office for Europe, said at the conference that the WHO had verified 16 attacks on medical infrastructure in Ukraine, which killed 9 and injured 16 people. She said attacks took place in different directions of the attack and on...

March 10, 2022
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Helpline for cancer patients from Ukraine - how does it support refugees?

Warsaw Genomics and Rakiety Oncology Foundation have launched a helpline for oncological patients from Ukraine - but its operation is much wider.

March 10, 2022
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A special act on aid for refugees adopted by the Sejm

The deputies adopted the draft law on assistance to Ukrainian citizens.

March 10, 2022
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Medical assistance for refugees. What about vaccinations?

During the two weeks of the refugee crisis, we vaccinated about six hundred Ukrainian citizens against COVID-19, whom Poland has already accepted about 1.3 million. The Health Commission, which on Wednesday listened to the information from the minister of health about medical aid for refugees,...

March 10, 2022
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No data from the Chernobyl monitoring system. The Polish Atomic Energy Agency is reassuring

Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency announced that remote data transmission from security monitoring systems installed at the Chernobyl power plant, taken over by the Russian military, has been lost. He also added that the situation of...

March 9, 2022
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Tissues grown in vitro will help replace live animals in research into heart disease

Work is underway to open up new research opportunities for heart regeneration while reducing the use of live animals in research.

March 9, 2022
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Holy grail in transplantology won?

As reported in the American media, a young patient, a boy named Easton, made history of medical achievements, becoming the first person in the world to undergo a heart and thymus transplant.

March 9, 2022
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Parliamentary Health Commission - kidney diseases - live

Information on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney diseases - presented by the Minister of Health.

March 9, 2022
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Hospital network: Lump sum 2022

The draft regulation of the Minister of Health on the method of determining the lump sum system for the basic hospital provision of healthcare services for the settlement period covering the period from 1 January to 31 December 2022 was submitted for consultation.

March 9, 2022
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The draft law on helping Ukrainian refugees was delivered after first reading. What about health protection?

The draft law on helping Ukrainian refugees was submitted to the parliamentary committee after the first reading. Its second reading is to take place on Wednesday morning and it will probably be passed on Wednesday as well. The opposition proposes amendments, although only a few of them concern...

March 9, 2022