Doctor Tomasz Solecki is dead, who was attacked on Tuesday by a patient at the University Hospital in Krakow. – He died while performing official duties – said the moved director of the University Hospital in Krakow. Collaborators and patients remember him as an empathic and devoted doctor. His superiors say he was one of the best orthopedists specializing in hand surgery.
The incident at the University Hospital in Krakow took place on Tuesday at 10:30. A 35-year-old man burst into the office in which the orthopedist examined the patient and attacked the medic with a knife.
The incident occurred a few minutes after 10 o'clock in the Orthopedic Clinic's office. Rescuers were called immediately. A resuscitation was taken and the doctor was taken to the operating theater. The operation lasted two hours, but the wounds were too extensive and the doctor's life could not be saved.
– One of the doctors died while performing official duties – said Marcin Jędrychowski, director of the University Hospital in Krakow shortly after the incident. He added that the doctor was attacked without any warning when he had a visit to another patient. Over 20 people were involved in helping the doctor.
– We connect in pain with the family – wife, children, parents and brother. This is an irreparable loss. The injuries were so extensive that our colleague could not be saved – Jędrychowski emphasized.
Source: ortotop.pl
He was one of the best
Dr. Tomasz Solecki was a specialist in orthopedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system. In 2003 he graduated from the Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. From 2004 to 2011 he was an assistant and lecturer at the Jagiellonian University (Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Physiotherapy, Orthopedics Clinic and Traumatology of the Movement Organ).
Already at the beginning of his professional road he became involved with the University Hospital in Krakow. He specialized in the reconstruction surgery of the hand and foot. He also dealt with ultrasound diagnostics. He was also interested in sports medicine. He improved his skills during additional courses. He was also a member of the Polish Orthopedic Society (PTO) and the Polish Hand Surgery Society (PTCHR).
The hospital management emphasized that the deceased doctor was one of the best orthopedists specializing in hand surgery. He mainly carried out the most complex injuries.
– I knew him personally, not only his, but also his family, his loved ones. He is a great man, a great specialist and a helpful and empathic doctor, and he was met by a huge tragedy. It experiences the whole medical environment – said prof. Andrzej Matyja, specialist in general and oncological surgery.
Patients did not spare good words to the doctor. On medical portals and social media you can find many positive comments in which they praise the professional help they obtained from Dr. Solecki.
“Fantastic specialist. I can safely call the doctor's” mine “. He helped many times,” stood on his head “and folded his hand to effect. He did not even give up in a hopeless situation. Always with a smile on his lips and heart on his hand” – this is how Anna remembered the doctor.
“Last Thursday, he said that he would do everything to make my procedure take place (despite the reduced limits), he ran behind me from the office to ask if I needed a dismissal … It was a doctor” – recalled Mrs. Małgorzata.
Hospital statement and goodbye to the doctor
On Tuesday, the hospital published a statement that was entitled “The tragic death of our friend”.
“We convey a message about the tragic death of our colleague, a wonderful orthopedic doctor, an outstanding specialist, full of extraordinary kindness and goodness of Tomek Solecki,” – wrote representatives of the institution wrote.
“He was taken away from the world in a brutal and unfair way, while performing official duties, while helping patients. It is difficult to find words that will reflect the emotions that we feel at the moment – as colleagues, friends, and above all as people. We combine in pain with the family and close to Tomek. Rest in peace, friend” – wrote the colleagues of the killed doctor.
The doctor also said goodbye to employees of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. “News about the tragic death of our colleague Tomasz Solecki, an employee of the University Hospital, and for many years also the academic teacher of the Jagiellonian University CM touched us all, the entire community of the University and the Hospital, the inhabitants of Krakow. Her circumstances shocked us all and combined in opposition to aggression in social life, especially the one directed more and more often against healthcare employees” – was sent in a statement. ”
“He was the heart of many of our actions”
Dr. Solecki was also one of the co -founders of the Ortotop Medical Center in Krakow. Collaborators remember him so: Tomek was not only one of the creators of the Ortotop Medical Center, but above all a good man – an empathy doctor, devoted patients, his work and the people with whom he shared.
“He was the heart of many of our actions, an inspiration on which we all could resist. His loss left a void that cannot be fulfilled. There are no words that could reflect the pain we wear today in our hearts” – they assure.
Author/author: AA/TOK
Source: tvn24.pl
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