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FM vows to obtain diplomatic status for Pole in coma in UK

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Poland's foreign minister has said he is taking action to obtain diplomatic status for a Polish man lying in a coma in a British hospital after a Polish consul was denied access to the patient.

Polish clinic offers to take Pole ‘in a coma’ after UK court rules he should be left to die

The man, who has not been named, has been in a coma in a Plymouth hospital since November 6 after suffering a cardiac arrest. The heart attack lasted for 45 minutes and left him with what doctors have described as severe and permanent brain damage.

Distraught sister accuses Brits of ‘MURDER’ after court rules to switch off her comatose brother’s life support

EXCLUSIVE: The Polish man was rushed to hospital in Plymouth, UK, in November after suffering a heart attack which left him with “severe and irreversible brain damage.” Now the UK High Court has ruled his life support be switched off, saying “it is not in his best interests for life sustaining treatment to be given.”

Medical Miracle! Woman in vegetative state for 158 days gives birth to baby girl

Little Emilia was born on August 17, weighing a healthy 2.5 kilograms after tragedy struck and her mum Sylwia suffered a heart attack. Rushed to hospital, Sylwia’s heart was revived but by then she had suffered serious brain damage, and had descended into a vegetative state.

Hero pump attendant ignores coronavirus to give mouth-to-mouth after customer collapses from heart attack

Kiss-of-life hero Hubert Chachuła leapt into action when he saw the man clutching his chest and in obvious distress at his Lotos petrol station in Wrocław.

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Farmer spends seven years lovingly restoring crumbling old Czartoryski palace after ‘feeling sorry’ for it

Passing the abandoned palace in Lower Silesian every day on his way to work, crop farmer Józef Żałobniak eventually decided to buy the place and turn it into a hotel spa saying: “I wanted to save it for other people to enjoy. That was my dream.”

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