Six-month-old Olivia had been receiving treatment in Dublin but specialists were unable to help the toddler who suffered from problems caused by an overgrown oesophagus, the tube that connects the throat with the stomach.
The majority of Poles support the idea of constructing emergency hospitals to help deal with the growing number of COVID-19 patients, according to an opinion poll.
Hundreds of people representing the hospitality industry, including restaurants owners, waiters and waitresses, protested on Saturday in Bialystok, northeastern Poland, against restrictions the government had implemented amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has obliged large state-owned companies to build more temporary hospitals, Michal Dworczyk, head of the PM's Office, said on Friday.
Polish hospitals should have 31-32,000 beds available for COVID-19 patients by the end of next week, the prime minister said on Thursday.
Construction work on a COVID-19 hospital at Warsaw's National Stadium is very advanced, President Andrzej Duda said on Friday after visiting the site.
The Polish military would provide more than 1,000 beds for patients suffering from the coronavirus, Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said on Twitter on Thursday after receiving reports from commanders in charge of military hospitals.
The Interior Ministry (MSWiA) Hospital in Głuchołazy, southwestern Poland, is implementing a unique pilot programme for COVID-19 convalescence patients, the spokesperson of the Opole National Health Fund (NFZ), Barbara Pawlos, has told PAP.
Health Minister Adam Niedzielski told parliament on Wednesday that 20-30 percent of all new COVID-19 infection cases would need hospitalisation and announced a further 10,000 COVID-19 hospital beds and a cooperation deal with private health care providers.
Face mask regulations, raising the number of hospital beds for COVID-19 cases and the startup of a 'Stop Covid' application are among the anti-epidemic measures proposed on Wednesday in the Sejm (lower house) by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
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