On Friday, June 12, a press conference was held at St. Łukasz Hospital in Bolesławiec as part of the Nationwide Week of KPO Projects in Healthcare. During the meeting, the most important projects being carried out by the Healthcare Complex in Bolesławiec with support from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan were presented.
As hospital director Kamil Barczyk informed, the facility is currently implementing three grant-funded projects and three projects financed through loans.
“Three subsidized projects with a total value of as much as 38 million zlotys, of which 28 million zlotys are grants financed by European Union funds,” said the director Kamil Barczyk.
New Long-Term Care Facility and nearly 70 additional beds
The largest investment is the construction of a Long-Term Care Facility for chronically ill patients. The project includes a new building with an area of approximately 2,600 square meters.
According to the hospital director, the investment will significantly expand the facility’s capabilities. “Once this investment is completed, we will expand the hospital’s operations by nearly seventy beds,” emphasized Kamil Barczyk.
The new building will be equipped with rooms adapted to the needs of people with disabilities, patient rooms and training facilities for medical staff.
Mateusz Burłak of Delta Technika Grzewcza, representing the contractor, said that construction was nearing completion. “At the moment, finishing work is under way, and in the third quarter the building will be equipped and handed over to the hospital and patients for further use,” said Mateusz Burłak.
Modern equipment for cardiology
One of the projects carried out thanks to the KPO is the development of cardiac care. The hospital obtained funding to purchase modern diagnostic and medical equipment for specialist clinics and wards.
Deputy director Artur Nahorecki noted that cardiovascular diseases are among the most common health problems affecting residents.
“Cardiovascular and cardiac diseases are the main cause of illness and of patients reporting to the hospital,” said Artur Nahorecki.
He added that the new equipment is intended to speed up diagnosis and improve treatment effectiveness. “Purchasing equipment that will facilitate faster cardiac diagnosis, faster treatment, and more accurate and better treatment will directly translate into patient safety,” the deputy director emphasized.
Digitalization and further modernization
Some of the funding was allocated to developing e-services and digitalizing the hospital. This includes, among other things, expanding IT infrastructure, increasing cybersecurity and developing electronic medical records.
“We know how important cybersecurity is, particularly in a hospital,” Kamil Barczyk emphasized. The director also pointed out that the construction of the new facility will pave the way for further investments in the existing part of the hospital.
“This is only the beginning of further investment processes,” he said. “Freeing up additional square meters will open the way for further renovation and modernization work in the obstetrics and gynecology ward, the surgery ward and the neurology ward.
According to the facility’s authorities, further investment projects are already being prepared. They are to be carried out in the coming years using financial instruments related to the KPO.