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Doctor known as ‘Mother of Lepers’ takes first step towards sainthood with beatification

Wanda Błeńska who died at the age of 103 cured thousands of people of leprosy. Wanda Błeńska Archive/Wanda Błeńska Facebook

Known for helping her patients without wearing gloves during treatment so as not to frighten and discourage them, Wanda Błeńska who died at the age of 103 cured thousands of Ugandans of leprosy.

Warsaw’s National Stadium to be turned into temporary COVID-19 hospital

Temporary hospital beds will be located in the stadium’s conference hall which has a seating capacity of 58,580.

Temporary hospital for COVID-19 patients to open in Warsaw

A temporary hospital devoted solely to COVD-19 patients is being organised at the National Stadium in Warsaw, the government spokesman Piotr Mueller announced on Monday.

Poland's hospital capacity for COVID-19 patients at over 50 pct - gov't

The capacity of Polish hospitals is currently at over 50 percent of beds available for COVID-19 patients, with the number of ventilators at a similar level, government spokesman Piotr Mueller told the public radio broadcaster Polish Radio One on Friday.

Hero cops save life of baby found choking and ‘turning blue’ in supermarket car park

VIDEO: Quick-thinking Senior Sergeant Rafał Radecki and Sergeant Łukasz Płonka sprang into action after coming across a distraught couple clutching a young child and screaming that he was choking.  

Mum gives birth to massive 7kg baby girl

Head of the hospital’s gynecology and obstetrics department said: “We expected the baby to be big, but not this big.”

PM announces Local Investment Fund

PM Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday in Busko Zdrój, southern Poland, announced a Local Investment Fund to aid local development and modernisation undertakings. Morawiecki was in Busko Zdroj for talks with the city's authorities.

Baby born on car-choked highway is safe and sound

The mother and her partner had been trying to get to the nearest hospital after she had gone into labour but a small accident had led to the traffic on the busy road snarling up, leaving them to handle the birth by themselves.

Man sets himself on fire near House of Parliament in Warsaw

A middle-aged man on a bike has set himself on fire in front of a WWII monument in Warsaw.

Tenor moves frontline medical workers to tears with powerful Nessun Dorma serenade

One of Giacomo Puccini’s best-known pieces, the aria from the opera Turandot climaxes with the soaring proclamation: “I will win! I will win! I will win!”, considered by many to be a fitting rallying cry in the battle against coronavirus.

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WWII artefacts found in hidden bunker at Warsaw Ghetto building site secretly ‘smuggled’ out of Poland

The director of the Shem Olam Institute in Israel which took the artefacts said: “The task of transferring the tefillin was done secretly but under the noses of the authorities.” Warsaw City Hall says it is now investigating and added it was “a crime” to not report valuable and historical items found at construction sites.

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Moving on down the line: how a narrow-gauge railway staved off economic death to become the heart of a community

Still operating, the Pleszew line has embraced the future by becoming a cultural centre.

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