We request doctors, nurses and paramedics. This is the intent of the Military Medical Academy in Łódź. We are recreating, and in fact we are re-building the best training centre for people who will combine their appointment to medical service with service in the Polish Army – announced the head of the MON. WAM will supply personnel for the medical army component.
After 22 years of break in Łódź, the Military Medical Academy will be reactivated – said present Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. The head of the Ministry of Defence and Deputy Minister Cezary Tomczyk met with staff, soldiers and workers Military Center for Medical Education In Łódź. It is simply a facility that, as part of various courses, educates military medics. respective 1000 soldiers are trained annually at WCKMed, including subjects who survey medicine at the Military and Medical Faculty of the Medical University of Lodz.
– erstwhile building a component of medical troops, building the highest level of security, we must remember that the personnel that are needed to carry out these activities, their training and preparation are the most crucial thing. We request doctors, nurses, paramedics, which is very well trained and prepared medical personnel to assist. For this purpose, after many years of break, the Military Medical Academy will again be in Łódź – said Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz during the press conference. The head of the Ministry of Defence announced that a bill on the establishment of a fresh university would be sent to the Sejm later this year. “We hope that Parliament will accept it, that we will be able to re-create, and actually build the best training centre for both doctors and officers of the Polish Army, soldiers who will join the service of the Polish Army in medical service”, stressed the Minister of Defence.
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– I want that your skills and cognition would never should be utilized on the battlefield. It would be neglecting to play the Military Medical Academy today. A soldier must have a sense of safety in order to be given the best aid in the event of a threat. We are developing a component of medical troops, and its crucial component are hospitals, clinics, but besides a well-educated medical staff – said the head of the MON.
The Deputy Prime Minister besides referred to the function presently played by the Military Medical Training Centre in the medical training system. – WCKMed is an institution perfectly prepared to learn applicable skills. We visited places where classes are held, during which experience of the war in Ukraine is besides used. WCKMed is not only a laboratory of experience today, but is simply a kind of "accubus of skills" for students," said the head of the MON. He noted that the created Military Medical Academy would benefit from the Centre's experience. The facility is to be an crucial component of the armed component of medical troops.
Professor Radzisław Kordek, Rector of the Medical University, besides spoke during the conference. It is at this university that candidates for military doctors are trained within the limits of the MON. – In 2002, WAM was merged with the then civilian medical academy, creating the Medical University in Łódź. After a fewer years, it was realised that the military lacked doctors and began training students within the MON limit. Initially, it was respective twelve people, and now we accept 200 people per year to the military-medical department within the limits of the Ministry of Defence. The level of these students is very advanced and I am certain they will be very good doctors," noted Prof. Radzisław Kordek. “The times are as they are, you gotta start preparing for crisis accidents”, commented the creation of the military academy rector of the UM.
About how crucial this is for the military moment, besides said Deputy Minister of defence Cezary Tomczyk. We participate in the historical moment. The year 2002 went back to past as the 1 in which WAM was liquidated, and the year 2024 was the time erstwhile the Military Medical Academy would get back on its feet – the Deputy Minister assessed. Cezary Tomczyk admitted that the decision was preceded by lengthy discussions and consultations, and noted that building strong medical troops in the Polish Army is 1 of the priorities of the MON. He besides thanked the authorities of the voivodship and the city, as well as the Rector of Łódź UM and Chief WCKMed for supporting this initiative. We're beginning a large chapter in history. We are after consulting interior ministers, wellness and science. We are creating a programme that will be a business card for the Republic of Poland in the future – said Tomczyk.
