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Wheelchair-bound six-year-old finally walks after ‘miracle’ treatment at Warsaw clinic

After weeks of intensive therapy and surgery at the Paley European Institute in Warsaw, Arabella Green was able to take the first steps in her life. William Green

Arabella Green was told she would spend her life in a wheelchair after being born with a rare condition called Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita. But after weeks of intensive therapy and surgery at the Paley European Institute in Warsaw, the six-year-old was able to take the first steps in her life. 

Protesting medics decline to meet health minister

A delegation representing Polish healthcare workers refused to accept an invitation for a meeting with the government, the health minister said on Tuesday.

First laser ablation surgery for brain tumour performed in Poland

A team of specialists from the University Hospital in Krakow have performed Poland’s first magnetic resonance imaging-guided laser ablation surgery.

Record number of Polish medical doctors plan to work abroad

A record number of doctors declared plans to work abroad in the first quarter of this year, the Supreme Physicians' Council (NRL) said on Monday.

Is there a doctor in the house? Award-winning, hand-held MedTech device brings the doctor to your doorstep

Negating the physical need to visit a doctor, the pioneering Higo Sense can diagnose patients within an hour from the comfort of their home. 

Diet doc raises 700k in mission to save starving children

WARNING! THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES: Appalled by the amount of death, poverty and famine he witnessed during a trip to Madagascar, dietician Daniel Kasprowicz set about doing what he could to help. He has raised enough money to build a new hospital.

Coronavirus mum-in-a-coma gives birth to baby girl

The baby named Amelka was delivered via caesarean section two weeks ago at the University Clinical Hospital in Wroclaw where the mother, who was unaware she had given birth, is now said to be recovering.

Wrocław docs give Irish baby life-changing surgery

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.

Polish medic awarded in Italy for fight against COVID-19 pandemic

Polish medical biologist Maciej Tarkowski from Milan was awarded the Knight's Cross by Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Tuesday for his services in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

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.

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Life

Call of the wild: Adventurers team up to brave subzero temperatures and 100km winds as they ski across Greenland in just ONE month!

Experienced explorers Mateusz Waligóra and Łukasz Supergan will be walking the 600km distance from the west to the east of the world’s largest island on skis, with a plan to complete the arduous journey in just one month.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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