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Today’s news round up in Poland

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Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Over 1,800 Ukrainians benefit from Polish healthcare - dep minister

Almost 2,000 Ukrainian nationals are currently receiving medical care through the Polish health system, a deputy health minister said on Monday.

Parliament rejects Senate amendments to budget bill

The Sejm, the lower house of parliament, on Thursday rejected all 65 amendments made by the upper house to Poland's 2022 budget bill.

Inquiry finds irregularities at hospital where pregnant woman died

An inspection carried out by the National Health Fund (NFZ) into the death of a woman who died from pregnancy complications found numerous irregularities in the organisation, implementation and quality of patient services at the hospital that treated her.

Probe launched into hospital after death of pregnant woman

The National Health Fund (NFZ) has launched an inquiry into the death of a pregnant 30-year-old patient at a hospital in the southern town of Pszczyna, an NFZ spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

Higher health fees will bolster national health fund - official

Extra revenue from higher health fees foreseen under the government's Polish New Deal post-pandemic revival plan will be channelled to the National Health Fund (NFZ), a finance ministry official said on Thursday.

Opposition MPs say “ghost hospitals” cost millions

Two opposition MPs have criticised the Polish government for pumping hundreds of millions into 30 makeshift Covid-19 hospitals, of which 13 had not treated any patient as of end-January.

Poland to allocate more funds for oncology hospitals

Poland is to increase funding to cancer hospitals by 3 percent, the head of the National Health Fund (NFZ) said on Wednesday.

Poland has 521 SARS-CoV-2 testing points - health fund official

There are 521 SARS-CoV-2 testing points currently operating in Poland, Sylwia Wadrzyk, a spokesperson for the National Health Fund (NFZ), told PAP on Friday.

Actress gets 8.6 million euros to build ‘world’s first coma-curing’ clinic

Following on from the success of her Budzik clinic where children in a coma receive treatment, care and rehabilitation, actress Ewa Błaszczyk now plans to build a similar clinic for adults in a coma.

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Priceless painting looted during WWII returned to Poland from Japan

The first war-loss to be repatriated from the Far East, the Madonna with Child painted by the Italian master Alessandro Turchi at the end of the 16th century was stolen by the Germans during the war from the extensive Lubomirski art collection in Przeworsk.

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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