Scandal at the Ministry of Interior and Administration Hospital. Patients paid “to the foundation” to receive modern treatment

On Monday, the health market and Wirtualna Polska published the results of their investigation, which shows that patients with pancreatic cancer, to receive modern treatment at the State Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, had to deposit several dozen thousand zlotys as a donation to the foundation operating at the hospital. “Such expectation was formulated against them by the head of one of the hospital clinics and chairman of the scientific council of the Institute Prof. Marek Durlik,” it was written.

It was noted that “those who did not pay, were most often operated in a classic way, giving worse effects of therapy. It happened from at least 2022 to 2024.”

The sound material regarding information about possible irregularities in treatment at the National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration recorded by journalists in 2023. It became April 3 this year. The CBA passed on – said the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior and Administration Jacek Dobrzyński on Monday.

“Immediately after obtaining information about possible irregularities as part of the Foundation supporting the State Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, the sound material recorded in 2023 last Thursday (April 3) and the CBA was handed over to me by journalists. The State Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Monday spokesman for the Ministry of Interior and Administration on platform X.

The National Health Fund finances operations on the pancreas with a classic method, while the operation using the robot is more expensive. According to the law, the difference is covered by the hospital.

In the assessment, cited in the article, the head of MZ Izabela Leszczyny “cannot be that a patient using the services of a public hospital, operated on public equipment by a doctor paid from public funds, must pay extra for surgery.” In turn, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Interior and Administration Wiesław Szczepański called the case “scandalous”. “As soon as I learned about her from the editors, I gave it to the head of the CBA to analyze whether we are dealing here with corruption behavior. Regardless of this I called to meet the management of the National Medical Institute. Every detail will be explained” – assured the deputy minister.

Professor Marek Durlik, head of the Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Clinic at the PIM Ministry of Interior and Administration, explained: “We could either ask patients for payments or stop operating.” “There was no money for surgery tools. The previous director knew everything, the current director also knew,” he said. He added that “everyone knew”.

The health market and Wirtualna Polska pointed out that the foundation at the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Warsaw is not subject to the hospital. “One of its founders, in 2012, was Marek Durlik. The organization was created to support the hospital financially, among others by collecting money from satisfied patients and institutions that want to support the state health care system” – explained.

It was also reported that “the current management of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in the submitted statement emphasized that the +Foundation referred to in the recording was established by private persons and constitutes a separate and independent legal person towards the Ministry of Interior and Administration +. activities+” – said the health market. It has been added that “posters encouraging to pay for the foundation are hanging at the hospital.” “One of them is just before entering the clinic, which is managed by Prof. Marek Durlik” – wrote in the article. (PAP)

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