In order for the Medical Army component to be strong, military hospitals, personnel and all soldiers who service in the military wellness care must be prepared as best as possible," said the head of the MON Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish at the 5th Military Clinical infirmary with Polyclinic. The clinic of General and Oncology was enriched with state-of-the-art medical equipment.
In the Clinic of General and Oncological Surgery 5 Military Clinical infirmary with Polyclinic in Kraków, the latest generation equipment has been installed for respective days: angiograph and surgical robot Da Vinci model XI. Angiograf provides exceptional efficiency of interventional cardiology and vascular treatments. This device will enable not only three-dimensional imaging of vascular structures, but besides the usage of data from another studies and the combination of them with the image displayed. In this way, doctors will receive full information about the patient, which will let them to execute even the most complicated procedures effectively and quickly. Thanks to an angiograph, it will be possible to treat patients with a fresh heart attack, implant heart starters, and correct structural defects in the heart muscle. The fresh angiographic laboratory will be part of the heart-vascular intervention centre in the hospital. In turn the da Vinci robot is the latest, 4th generation robotic surgical strategy providing a advanced standard of minimally invasive treatments.
– The da Vinci surgical robot will service the Polish Army and residents of Małopolska and the full country, who will come here for the most precise operations. And Kraków is not the only centre to get the da Vinci robot in the coming days. Additionally, military hospitals in Wrocław, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz. Military Medical Institute in Warsaw can already boast of this equipment and operations carried out with its participation, it is besides available in Lublin. This shows that in all of Poland, where there are military hospitals, there are state-of-the-art technologies," stressed Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
The head of the Ministry of Defence admitted that the cost of implementing the robotics program in the Military wellness Service was about PLN 55 million. – The grant for the Kraków infirmary alone is about PLN 15 million. There will be more. We are building a fresh infirmary in Krakow, investing in all our wellness care facilities," added the head of the MON and noted that
Kraków will play a very crucial function in the recently created Medical Army Composition. Especially, as he said, with respect to support for peculiar troops. – The component can be our brand that will be recognized worldwide. This could be the fastest intervention in peacekeeping missions, in many actions. We have super-careers, paramedics, doctors, non-medical personnel who are ready for all sacrifices," the Deputy Prime Minister stated.
Speaking of construction of the Medical Army Component, Minister of Defence pointed out that in order to be strong, military hospitals, staff, employees, officers and all soldiers who service in military wellness services must be prepared as best as possible. – Equipment must be of the highest quality, prepared for military and extra-military activities at any time and at any time. We should be ready for the most hard scenarios – Kosiniak-Kamish noted.
The head of the Ministry of Defence besides mentioned that in addition to the work of da Vinci and angiograph in the Kraków hospital, the most modern tomograph in Krakow will shortly be commissioned. “This shows the scale of investment in the Kraków infirmary and its quality. I believe that there will be not only state-of-the-art equipment in the fresh building, but besides the best working conditions," said the Deputy Prime Minister.
The fresh building of the Kraków Military infirmary with 9 modern operating rooms, including 1 hybrid with an angiographer and another modern method and medical solutions, is to be ready by the end of 2026.
Recently, up to 5 WSzKzp was besides donated by the large Orchestra of Christmas Charity, a high-class ultrasound camera equipped with respective different types of heads and software for a wide spectrum of diagnostics. First, it will be utilized for imaging lung diseases of patients treated in the Clinical Tuberculosis Division, Lung Disease, Allergology and interior Disease.
5 Military Clinical infirmary with Poliklinika presently consists of 7 clinics, six clinical wards, 10 Clinical infirmary Divisions, 5 diagnostic facilities, illness treatment centers, Skin and Czerniak Cancer Treatment Center or Obesity Treatment Center and Specialist Dentistry Clinic, primary wellness care clinics, 31 specialist clinics, as well as environmental care, occupational medicine and case-law clinics.
