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Man and his cat walk across Poland to raise money for 15-year-old girl’s operation

Beginning his sponsored walk in Gdańsk, Jacek Balcerak has already covered 249 kilometres travelling with his faithful puss, Parys. w butach z kotem

Jacek Balcerak and his cat called Parys are aiming to raise PLN 300,000 to finance surgery for Kinga, a 15-year-old girl suffering from arthrogryposis – a condition effecting the joints that has left the teenager in near constant pain and unable to walk properly.

Lublin doctor who saved Ukrainian family’s eyesight after they were blinded by Russian bombing said the surgery was ‘a little’ miracle

After a grueling 1,350km journey to reach Lublin, Olena Pictured) and her sons were taken to the city’s Medical University where they were treated by Professor Robert Rejdak (pictured).

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

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. 

Pole in stable condition after attack in Georgia

A Polish man who was stabbed during demonstrations against a planned gay-rights march in Tbilisi on Monday is in a stable condition after undergoing surgery, a Polish deputy foreign 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.

Locals build over 1,000 snowmen to raise money for dying toddler

The child’s desperate mum said: “We are starting a fight to save Bartek’s tiny heart. Doctors have no doubts –surgery is the only chance to save Bartek’s life! There's a bomb ticking in our son's chest.”

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.

Hair transplant Doc wins prestigious award for revolutionary work on breast reconstruction

PRS Global magazine awarded Dr. Jerzy Kolasiński from Poznań the “Best Case Report – Gold Award” for his article titled "Total Breast Reconstruction with Fat Grafting Combined with Internal Tissue Expansion”.

Docs remove massive 30-kilo tumour from woman’s stomach after she complained of ‘putting on weight’

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES! The record-breaking operation took eight doctors 90 minutes to complete after the 25-year-old woman was taken in at the St. Maximilian Hospital in Oświęcim.

‘Thank you for saving my life,’ says COVID man after Zabrze surgeons carry out world’s second-only double lung transplant

Grzegorz Lipiński was rushed to hospital after being struck down by the killer virus in August. The ground-breaking operation was carried out after his lungs had failed so badly that they weren’t even showing up on x-rays. 

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Auschwitz museum launches fascinating photo album to coincide with 75th anniversary

Opened on the initiative of former prisoners on 2 July, 1947, the history of the museum has now been documented in the new album divided into six sections and entitled  '75 years of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial'.

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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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