New recipients of the title of Meritorious for the City of Bolesławiec, including many people associated with ZOZ

During the next session of the Bolesławiec City Council, councillors will vote on resolutions concerning the awarding of the title of Meritorious for the City of Bolesławiec. These are the people who will soon hold this distinguished title:

• Jan Hałubiec – a doctor completely devoted to his patients, a man with a great heart. He was born on 13 January 1952 in Zgorzelec. A graduate of the Medical Academy in Wrocław. A second-degree specialist in infectious diseases. A specialist in general surgery and internal medicine. Close to patients who entrusted their fate in suffering to His skills and care. He also surrounded the families of his patients with equally patient care, explaining the principles of therapy and giving them hope. Jan Hałubiec knows perfectly well that a sick person needs conversation, information and, above all, complete trust in their doctor. He began working at the Bolesławiec hospital in 1981. A year later, he was employed as a doctor in the surgical emergency service, and then in the surgical ward. In 1990, he became head of the Infectious Diseases Ward. He served twice as director of the Bolesławiec hospital, ultimately resigning at his own request to devote himself fully to working as a doctor and head of the Infectious Diseases Ward. His experience proved invaluable in properly organising the hospital’s work after the outbreak of the epidemic. Jan Hałubiec is a model professional with extensive theoretical and practical knowledge. A man of great modesty. He is characterised by exceptional personal culture, composure and a collegial attitude towards his co-workers. Throughout his professional career, he showed unconditional respect for patients, as well as for the medical team with whom he worked and which he led for many years. Jan Hałubiec worked continuously at the Bolesławiec hospital for nearly 40 years. He was repeatedly recognised for his medical achievements, work results and methods of managing the ward entrusted to him. Through his example, he encouraged staff to improve themselves and continually raise their qualifications. Despite the scale of his professional responsibilities, Jan Hałubiec always actively participated in the social life of the medical community, the city and the region. Among other roles, he served as an expert and chairman of a branch of the Polish Medical Association. In 1990–1994, he was a councillor on the Bolesławiec City Council.
• Artur Andrzej Nahorecki – was born on 14 January 1985 in Wrocław. In 2010, he graduated from the medical faculty of the Medical Academy in Wrocław. In 2017, he obtained the title of specialist in internal medicine. He linked his professional career with the Healthcare Centre in Bolesławiec, where in September 2019 he became head of the Internal Medicine Ward. Thanks to his excellent professional preparation, extensive experience – despite his young age – and managerial skills, he decided to take on the challenge and currently serves as Deputy Director for Medical Services. Artur Nahorecki is characterised by great personal culture and empathy. He is a doctor exceptionally sensitive to the suffering of patients and their families. He treats everyone with respect. As a result, he quickly gains the trust and sympathy of both patients and the team he leads. People treated by Artur Nahorecki and drawing on his knowledge and experience stress that they are dealing with a man who gives his soul and heart to medicine, often at the expense of his family and private life. Mr Nahorecki passes his passion on to younger colleagues. Three residents are training under his supervision and are specialising in internal medicine. His organisational abilities and, above all, medical knowledge became the foundation of the hospital during the coronavirus pandemic. It was Artur Nahorecki – supported by Director Kamil Barczyk – who created a team of doctors, nurses and auxiliary staff that faced a terrible, previously unknown disease. They stood and continue to stand shoulder to shoulder on the front line of the fight against COVID-19, achieving spectacular therapeutic successes and thereby bringing renown to the Bolesławiec hospital throughout Poland. From March until the end of 2020, when the Bolesławiec hospital was converted into a dedicated infectious-disease hospital, patients from Lower Silesia and Lubusz Voivodeship were brought to Bolesławiec. Nearly 4,000 patients in total. A modular ward dedicated exclusively to infected patients was established under Artur Nahorecki’s direction. The Bolesławiec hospital became a model for treating patients for large medical centres. The recovery rate reached nearly 85% during the second wave of the pandemic. This was 5% higher than the national average. Another figure is the recovery rate among patients on ventilators, which stood at 50%, compared with the national average of 33%. Unfortunately, behind these figures lie human tragedies and an unimaginable scale of suffering. Dr Nahorecki’s team continues to work to alleviate the effects of the pandemic. The ward led by Artur Nahorecki, working with many specialists from the Bolesławiec hospital, achieves therapeutic successes, gains invaluable experience and has additionally joined an international research programme as one of only a few centres in the world. The aim is to develop the most advanced therapies for many diseases. The current epidemiological situation is a challenge for medicine and creates a need to discover effective treatment and develop therapeutic guidelines as quickly as possible, not only for SARS-COV-2 infection but also for treating various acute and chronic conditions.
• Ewa Ditrich – was born on 5 September 1969 in Złotoryja. As a teenager, she chose her vocation and professional path. She graduated from the Medical Secondary School in Bolesławiec, which for many years was an indispensable source of highly educated mid-level staff. After her final examinations, Ewa Ditrich continued her education at the public health faculty of the Medical Academy in Wrocław. There she obtained a master’s degree in nursing. She began working at the Healthcare Centre in Bolesławiec in 2003. Her first position was senior nurse in one of the most difficult wards – the intensive care unit – where the work requires particular sensitivity, enormous psychological and physical resilience, and the ability to cope with stress in extremely difficult situations. She completed qualification courses in anaesthetic nursing and intensive care nursing. Ewa specialises in emergency nursing. She currently fulfils her mission as head nurse of the Hospital Emergency Department and Emergency Medical Teams. She works directly at the patient’s bedside. Active and professional in her work, Ewa Ditrich treats every patient individually. She finds time for everyone despite her heavy workload. Her philosophy is a holistic approach to the patient and their loved ones. Empathetic and smiling, she easily wins the sympathy of both patients and co-workers. This is an extremely valuable gift, particularly as Ewa is responsible, among other things, for introducing new employees to the profession. Through her example, she encourages and demonstrates that professional development and participation in courses and training are essential in an era of rapidly developing medicine. In many cases, a nurse’s skills and knowledge of modern emergency procedures determine a patient’s health and life. Ewa Ditrich accompanies patients from the moment they are admitted to the ward. She carries out all the doctor’s instructions. She monitors the patient’s condition, administers medication and cares for the psychological wellbeing of patients and, often, their families, who are under severe stress. The head nurse is also responsible for ensuring that patients’ rights are respected. She represents the emergency medical workers and nurses employed in the emergency medical system. Undoubtedly, her experience and professional authority enabled her to integrate the nursing community so that it could meet the challenge brought by the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic. Many patients owe their lives and health to this.
• Anna Dagmara Klementowska-Kusber – a master of pharmacy. She was born on 15 May 1969 in Bolesławiec. A graduate of the Piast Medical Academy in Wrocław. In 1995, she obtained a higher-education degree in pharmacy. Anna Dagmara Klementowska-Kusber also holds a second-degree specialisation in pharmacy practice. She is currently employed at the Healthcare Centre in Bolesławiec as head of the Hospital Pharmacy. The duties entrusted to Anna require exceptional precision and responsibility. The head’s particular tasks include supplying the pharmacy with medicines and medical and sanitary supplies corresponding to the best and most modern pharmaceutical knowledge, as well as keeping pace with scientific progress. The Hospital Pharmacy ensures the proper supply of all hospital wards. The professional knowledge of the head and her team means that patients and medical staff can count on uninterrupted supplies of modern pharmaceuticals consistent with patients’ needs and doctors’ recommendations. In addition to properly supplying the pharmacy, the head is required to strictly comply with restrictive regulations concerning the ordering, storage, registration, distribution and keeping of medicines. Anna Dagmara Klementowska-Kusber continues to participate in industry courses and training. She takes particular care to acquire the professional knowledge necessary to run a pharmacy supplying all hospital wards with a broad range of medical services. The head encourages and motivates the pharmacy staff through her example to continually improve themselves. She is able to make quick and purposeful decisions concerning professional work, which directly affects the wellbeing of patients receiving prescribed medicines and the comfort and sense of security of doctors and nurses. The excellent organisation of the Hospital Pharmacy team’s work was and continues to be of strategic importance during the coronavirus pandemic, when shortages or interruptions in the supply of medicines, medical and sanitary supplies, including personal protective equipment for staff, could negatively affect patients’ therapeutic outcomes and expose doctors, nurses and other employees to a direct threat to their health and lives.
• Barbara Zofia Kozomaricz – was born on 20 February 1960 in Lwówek Śląski. She gained her first nursing experience at the Medical Schools Complex in Bolesławiec. Through her abilities and diligence, she continues to prove that talent supported by education is the best path for people who see helping others as their life’s mission. Barbara Kozomaricz began working at the Healthcare Centre in Bolesławiec in 1982. Thanks to continual professional development and the experience she gained, she performed excellently in all positions entrusted to her. She began as a nurse. She then became head nurse of the Paediatric Ward, followed by a position as a nurse at the blood-donation point, and then senior nurse in the Paediatric Ward. Barbara Kozomaricz, as a person of great sensitivity and personal culture, performed excellently as Patient Rights Ombudsman. Since 2006, she has served as Chief Nurse at the Healthcare Centre in Bolesławiec. Barbara’s duties include organising and supervising the work of all nurses and midwives, as well as other mid-level medical staff. She ensures that all duties entrusted to them are performed with due care, in accordance with medical standards and with full commitment. Always smiling and kind, she places the patients’ wellbeing first. Barbara encourages staff to pursue professional development. Barbara’s impressive education and entire career path are invaluable motivation for people who want to perform their duties with full dedication and for whom the welfare of patients and the satisfaction of their families are priorities. Barbara Kozomaricz has a higher-education degree. She obtained a master’s degree in Care Pedagogy and Social Work at the University of Opole. She is a certified specialist in Patient Rights Protection in the Public Health System. She obtained her diploma at Jagiellonian University. Barbara obtained the title of Specialist in Organisation and Management in Healthcare. She completed postgraduate studies in dietetics and meal planning. She holds a diploma in geriatrics with elements of long-term care and palliative medicine. She is an outstanding specialist in, among other things, first aid, surgical and anaesthetic nursing care, proper nutrition for healthy children, and pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers. She is passionate about the psychological aspects of working with patients and their families. Undoubtedly, her experience and professional authority enabled her to integrate the nursing community so that it could meet the challenge brought by the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic. Many patients owe their lives and health to this.
• Iwona Violetta Nowicka – was born on 4 August 1963 in Legnica. Since 2001, she has managed the Central Laboratory at the Healthcare Centre in Bolesławiec. A graduate of the University of Wrocław. She obtained a master’s degree in biology and is a specialist in medical analytics. She also holds a specialist title in laboratory medical diagnostics. At the Wrocław University of Economics, she completed postgraduate studies in the organisation and management of healthcare institutions. She is also a specialist in clinical analytics. She obtained her diploma at the University of Wrocław. Iwona Nowicka is a specialist in blood-group serology, bacteriology, toxicology, laboratory diagnostics and biochemistry. She is an excellent expert in the diagnosis and medical management of, among other conditions, diseases of the liver, bile ducts and pancreas. The head’s extensive practical and theoretical knowledge is the basis for the excellent functioning of one of the most modern and best-equipped laboratories in Poland. Iwona Nowicka’s kindness and great personal culture directly translate into the satisfaction of professionally served patients and the building of a team of outstanding specialists. Thanks to Iwona Nowicka’s work and her closely coordinated group of co-workers, the ZOZ laboratory in Bolesławiec can perform the most complicated analyses and tests, including molecular (genetic) examinations. In the hands of such outstanding specialists, the possibilities offered by modern equipment are used to the fullest. Through her example, Iwona Nowicka successfully encourages her team to improve themselves and raise their professional qualifications. Iwona has obtained many prestigious certificates, including in quality-control principles in haematology laboratories, molecular biochemistry techniques, endocrine diagnostics, healthcare management methods, laboratory tests for anaesthesiology and intensive-care wards, and emergency medicine. She completed postgraduate studies at the Medical Academy in Wrocław in the laboratory diagnosis of acute and chronic leukaemias. At the same university, she completed postgraduate training in laboratory medical diagnostics. It is difficult to list all the certificates obtained and training courses completed with distinction by the head. The knowledge acquired by Iwona Nowicka and her ambition for continuous improvement make her an exceptionally valuable scientist, not only for the Bolesławiec hospital but also on a national scale. Thanks to the head, a molecular testing laboratory was organised, which was and remains an important element in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Maria Sobolska – a graduate of the University of Wrocław. A literary historian specialising in cultural theory and contemporary civilisational issues; from 1968 to 2003, she was a Polish-language teacher at the II Secondary School in Bolesławiec. A scout instructor holding the rank of scoutmaster, she founded the 11th Girl Scouts Troop at Primary School No. 4. She attended the Bolesławiec branch of the University of the Third Age at the Wrocław University of Economics. Extremely active and involved in Bolesławiec’s cultural life, she participated for many years in the activities of the Youth Cultural Centre, the Museum of Ceramics, the Municipal Public Library – Knowledge Centre and the Bolesławiec Cultural Centre – International Ceramics Centre. M. Sobolska took part in cultural projects such as Exlibris Teatralny and Bajkoczytanie, and also delivered popular lectures on literary history. She repeatedly served as a jury member for the Lower Silesian Recitation Competition and the “Autumn Gardens” Poetry Competition. She is the author of articles and reviews in the local periodical “Bolesławiec Yearbook” and other local publications, and for many years she has also supported proofreading work on publications issued by the Museum of Ceramics. Sobolska also participated in the “Choir of Commenting Wrocław Residents” project of the Capitol Musical Theatre in Wrocław, carried out as part of the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016.
• Paweł Zwierz – a partner in the company Fabryka Naczyń Kamionkowych Manufaktura Sp. J. Smoleński & Zwierz, established in 1992, which is the third-largest stoneware producer in Bolesławiec. The company offers approximately 700 decorations and vessel forms, as well as ceramic interior accessories. The company’s products are exported to European and Asian countries and to North America. The factory opens its production line – the Living Museum of Ceramics – to visitors. It has company stores in seven Polish cities and outlets in Lublin (since 2020) and Tereszyn (since 2021). The company led by Paweł Zwierz is open to new decorative trends. It successfully combines classic patterns with modern design. In this area, it cooperates with respected ceramic artists including Magdalena Gazur, Dorota Koziara, Oskar Zięta and graduates of the Poznań Academy of Fine Arts: Anna Pol, Marianna Szyma and Magdalena Wolna, resulting in unique, limited-edition and series collections. A curiosity is the limited “Ale figa” collection designed by Małgorzata Szczepańska for ELLE’s 20th anniversary. Since 2015, Manufaktura, in cooperation with the “Krzysztof” Porcelain Works in Wałbrzych and the Julia Glassworks in Piechowice, has carried out the “Polish Table” project, which received the “Must Have – selected by Łódź Design Festival 2016” title. In 2021, Manufaktura designed and made a crown for Miss Lower Silesia. Every year, the company presents its designs at international fairs and exhibitions, including the World Expo (2015), the La Magnifica Forma exhibition (2015), HOMI Milano (2015), the Ambiente International Trade Fair in Frankfurt (2016 – “The Trends presentation” distinction, 2018 – honourable mention, 2020 – distinction in the standAut competition), WantedDesign Manhattan and The Hotel Show in Dubai (2021). In 2021, Manufaktura also presented its products at the Beautiful Things Fair in Warsaw and the Design Forum in Kraków. The company’s products appear in popular interior-design magazines and online portals, including “Elle Decoration Polska”, “Czas na wnętrze”, “Kukbuk”, “Weranda”, “Dobre wnętrze”, “Cztery Kąty”, “Sielskie Życie”, “M jak mieszkanie”, MAGAZIF.com – inspiring design and interiors, label-magazine.com, propertydesign.pl and vivadom.pl. Paweł Zwierz also conducts varied activity locally and regionally, cooperating with the Museum of Ceramics in Bolesławiec, BOK – MCC and engaging in the activities of the Bolesławiec Ceramic Brotherhood.
• Zdzisław Mirecki, as a resident of the city, has been involved in social activities for Bolesławiec since the 1980s. Leading the MSR troop at Primary School No. 8, he and the scouts secured the Market Square and the model of the sports hall during the Bolesławiec–Sanok city tournament in 1986. The following year, he organised a rally of MSR patrols of the Jelenia Góra Scouting Banner in the city and served as its commander. Having attained the rank of scoutmaster, he established contact with Danish scouts, which resulted in the cost-free participation of, among others, the Bolesławiec sailing troop of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association in Euro-Camp 93 in Esbjerg. For more than 30 years, he has actively participated in the Bolesławiec Enthusiasts’ Society, serving for several terms as chairman of its Audit Committee and currently as vice-president. As a member of the editorial team of the monthly “Voice of Bolesławiec” from 1992 to 1997, he published historical information about the city’s life, as well as curiosities in the weekly “Bolesławiec News”. He co-organised a ceremonial anniversary exhibition and celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of the Bolesławiec Enthusiasts’ Society in 2008. For many years, he participated voluntarily in the “Bolesławiec in Flowers” competition committee. In the first monograph of Bolesławiec after 1945, published in 2001, Zdzisław Mirecki was part of the editorial team responsible for the iconography. He donated old maps, documents and ceramics by artist E. Niemirowski, as well as unique photographs of the city from the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, to the Museum’s collections; these constitute exceptionally valuable iconographic material for researchers of Bolesławiec’s history. In 1991, he established contact with the then chairman of the Homeland Association of former residents of Bolesławiec, which led first to cooperation with the Bolesławiec Enthusiasts’ Society and then between the cities of Siegburg and Bolesławiec. In 2013, Zdzisław Mirecki initiated the installation of a bilingual plaque at the back of the Youth Cultural Centre building, where the last German Catholic parish priest, Rev. Paul Sauer, was imprisoned in 1946. The idea was approved and implemented on 26 September 2014 by the chairman of the Homeland Association of former residents of Bolesławiec with the assistance of the Youth Cultural Centre. In 2008, he exhibited a collection of business cards in 25 themes at the “Format” gallery. The collection was shown on Telexpress and entered in the “Polish Records and Curiosities” book. He participated in many conferences and projects organised by associations in Lower Silesia and across the country, thereby promoting Bolesławiec. As part of his social work in the IPA (International Police Association – the International Police Association – former secretary general and vice-president of the Polish IPA Section), he hosted police officers in his city from, among others, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Israel, France and Ukraine. For his social activity, in 2003 he was honoured by the Mayor of Bolesławiec and the Director of the Museum of Ceramics with the honorary title “Donor and Friend of the Museum of Ceramics in Bolesławiec”, and in 2008 he received the Mayor’s award for promoting the city in the field of culture. His decorations include the Gold Cross of Merit, the gold medal “For Merits to the Police”, the cross “For Merits to the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association”, the 2nd-degree Honorary Badge of the Polish Red Cross, the gold honorary badge “Meritorious for Lower Silesia Voivodeship”, “Honorary Member of the Bolesławiec Enthusiasts’ Society”, the honorary badge “For Merits to Education” and the badge “Meritorious Culture Activist”.