Construction of the new operating theatre block has begun in practice. On Friday, 2 November, demolition of the building that housed the old infectious diseases ward began.
What will the new operating theatre block look like?
As we read in a presentation prepared by the Bolesławiec county hospital:
The main aim of constructing an operating and treatment complex at the Zespół Opieki Zdrowotnej in Bolesławiec—for the needs of the Central Sterilization Unit, Operating Theatre, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, and other supporting functions, as well as a link to the hospital’s main building—is to improve patients’ medical conditions and adapt the existing hospital facilities to the applicable regulations in order to ensure the proper functioning of the ZOZ in Bolesławiec.
The investment will involve constructing a new three-storey building with a usable technical attic, directly connected—by building a link at the second-storey level—to the hospital’s existing main building […].
Let us recall. On Wednesday, 17 October, the official opening of the “Construction of the Operating Theatre” investment took place at the county hospital in Bolesławiec. The first to speak was the Bolesławiec county head Karol Stasik: “In a moment, we will symbolically begin construction of the operating theatre block at the Zespół Opieki Zdrowotnej in Bolesławiec. This will be an unusual investment, because it will begin with the demolition of the old facility.”
The head of the Bolesławiec County Board also spoke, among other things, about the fact that the investment would cost PLN 14 million. The county has already allocated PLN 1.8 million—in two instalments—for preparing the documentation and demolishing the building.
The first stage of the investment officially began on 17 October. The next stages will be carried out in future years. “It is a good beginning. We can see important local-government officials here, Marshal Cezary Przybylski and Mayor Piotr Roman. In the coming years, we will also ask them to dig into their pockets and support our hospital,” K. Stasik stressed.
“It was the happiest day of the year for me,” said Tomasz Gabrysiak, the Bolesławiec deputy county head, “when I saw a week ago that these fences and the crane had appeared at the construction site. I am very pleased that director Adam Zdaniuk managed to secure a good contractor. These days, that is a difficult task. And we know that it is a good contractor because it is the same company that built the Knowledge Centre in Bolesławiec.”
“The new operating theatre block is essential,” T. Gabrysiak stressed. “It guarantees that our hospital will continue to exist and—above all—that it will develop. Today, 2,000 operations and procedures are performed here; the new block will make it possible to increase that number to 3,000.”
Adam Zdaniuk, head of the ZOZ in Bolesławiec:
I would like to thank you for your support so far. The amounts we received during the last term total hundreds of thousands. Without them, there would be no infectious diseases ward, no equipment for anaesthesiology and intensive care, the Emergency Department or other wards. I sincerely thank you for that.
Mayor Piotr Roman spoke about two years of cooperation between two local governments: Bolesławiec County and the Municipality of Bolesławiec; and about the three priority issues for municipal and county officials:
- county roads in the City of Ceramics (Ogrodowa, Polna, Dolne Młyny and Mostowa streets, as well as Staszica Street, were renovated)
- a new building for the special-needs school. “There is no longer any threat,” the mayor noted. “The special-needs school will finally have a building that meets the needs of children with disabilities”
- the county hospital.
“By starting construction of the new operating theatre block, we have completed this triad,” Piotr Roman concluded. “I hope that we will continue to be able to support the Bolesławiec hospital. This item is at the top of our programme.”
As the ZOZ director assures us, patients have no reason to worry. The investment will not interfere with the facility’s operations in any way; it will continue working at full capacity throughout.