In 1946, the mayor of Bolesławiec Mieczysław Żójdź appealed to the authorities, stating that there were no functioning hospitals in the city. Their role was only partially fulfilled by: Evangelische Diakonissenheim und Hospital at 12 Marsz. Stalina Street (today Jeleniogórska Street), Zakład św. Józefa at 4 B. Kubika Street, and a third facility, Szpital chorych na tyfus at 6 Vorwerkstrasse (today Łukasiewicza Street).
At that time, Nowogrodziec had a hospital run by the nun Maria Krajczy and belonging to the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth in Wrocław. The Nowogrodziec hospital at 4 Cicha Street had no doctor, but it was well equipped. When the county hospital in Bolesławiec opened on December 2, 1946, equipment was “taken” from Nowogrodziec to furnish it, including an X-ray machine, which was worth its weight in gold at the time.
In January 1948, the Elizabethan Sisters began a dispute and asserted their ownership rights before the Presidium of the County National Council. The matter ended in the sisters’ favor. The county hospital in Bolesławiec had to pay fees related to leasing the equipment unlawfully taken from the sisters.
This was how the county hospital began operating, while the hospital in Nowogrodziec, left without equipment and staff, could not play a significant role and was converted into a palliative-care facility.
Information about the hospital was taken from the publication “Bolesławiec County in 1945–1950,” Adam Baniecki, Bolesławiec 2019.
The history of the county hospital is available on the ZOZ Bolesławiec website.