Almost PLN 1,300,000, and all within just the past few months, the county authorities have allocated to equipping the Bolesławiec hospital:

  • surgical and operating table with orthopedic attachments – PLN 145,500
  • orthopedic drills – PLN 38,800
  • two bedpan and urinal washers – PLN 37,800
  • CTG machine – PLN 15,500
  • endoscope washer – PLN 97,000
  • database server – PLN 146,500.

The most expensive purchase is the MRI scanner and CT scanner – PLN 776,000. Nearly PLN 3,500,000 is needed to purchase the MRI scanner and CT scanner. All municipalities in the county have declared financial support. The money has already been secured.

“Having our own facility with an MRI scanner, CT scanner, ultrasound and X-ray equipment will improve the quality of services provided by the Hospital Emergency Department,” says Tomasz Gabrysiak, Bolesławiec county head. “Naturally, the medical imaging facility will serve patients from all departments. Patients will be able to expect professional service, an accurate diagnosis and the prompt commencement of treatment, while the hospital will gain additional revenue.”

Patients requiring immediate specialist assistance are brought to the emergency department at the county hospital – including accident victims and people who have suffered strokes, cerebral hemorrhages or heart attacks. How quickly and effectively this assistance is provided depends mainly on an immediate diagnosis. This is the direction for the development of medical care established by the hospital director and the county authorities. “Modern and rapid medical imaging is the foundation of the operation of the emergency department and the entire hospital,” explains Kamil Barczyk, director of the ZOZ.

The MRI scanner coming to the county hospital is a top-of-the-range machine: quiet, operating without the bothersome knocking noise experienced by patients, and taking screening images over a 160 cm area (a whole-body examination). Instead of taking up to an hour, as can happen with older-generation machines, the patient will undergo the scan in 10–20 minutes. The computer system will immediately send the examination results to the doctors caring for the patients, not only in the emergency department but in every hospital department.

Currently, an external company provides medical imaging services for the hospital. Hospital patients are transported to other centers for MRI examinations. This costs approximately PLN 3,000,000 annually.

There is no concern that there will be a shortage of specialists to operate the equipment and interpret the results. “There are currently three emergency medicine specialists working in the emergency department; previously there were none,” says Kamil Barczyk. “And new candidates are still applying for work.”

County officials:

The more emergency medicine specialists employed in the emergency department, the more money the National Health Fund will transfer to the hospital. Life-saving procedures are not subject to limits.