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Today’s news round up in Poland

Today’s news round up in Poland Kalbar/TFN

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

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”.

‘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. 

“Sweet little patient” Hania recovers after battling both cancer AND coronavirus

After beating leukemia the nine-year-old caught the killer virus. She has now been named a hero for triumphing over both.

Miracle surgeon wins American fellowship

Miracle surgeon Adam Maciejewski has been awarded the prestigious Godina fellowship for his ground-breaking multi-organ transplants.

Miracle-worker surgeon becomes first Pole in history awarded prestigious fellowship

Professor Adam Maciejewski from the Oncology Centre in Gliwice was recognized by the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) for completely rebuilding the internal organs of a six-year-old boy’s neck by transplanting a new larynx, trachea and throat, as well as bone marrow.

Docs reconstruct boy’s throat in ground-breaking transplant surgery

After swallowing toxic chemicals, the boy had to be fed directly via his intestines, breathed through a tracheostomy tube and never learned to speak. Now surgeons have carried out a world-first by completely rebuilding his internal organs.

Number of organ transplants in Poland grows

After several years of stagnation, the number of organ transplants in Poland is increasing, according to the latest data from the 'Poltransplant' transplant coordination centre. In 2017, 1,531 organs were transplanted, the largest number in five years.

Top 5 articles:

  • Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
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Hidden railway track and wagon wheels found at ‘Hitler bunker’ reignite hopes of Amber Room discovery

The discovery was made at the site of heavy concrete bunkers in the Warmia and Mazury province that was the headquarters of Hitler’s German Army Supreme Command, just a few kilometres from Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair bunker complex.

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  • Poland offers aid to Ukraine after dam destruction
  • Poles should not pay for refusing more migrants, official says
  • Human rights court dismisses eight Polish abortion rights cases
  • Gov't to support energy-intensive companies to tune of EUR 1.11 bln
  • President signs first home-buyer scheme, business compensation

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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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