“This has happened since 2022”. Recording in the hands of the CBA, control at the Ministry of Interior and Administration Hospital

The spokesman for the Ministry of Interior and Administration Jacek Dobrzyński informed that the sound material with information about possible irregularities in the treatment at the National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration recorded by journalists in 2023 was handed over to the CBA. It is about media reports on making the choice of modern pancreas surgery on payment to the foundation operating at the hospital.

On Monday, the health market and Wirtualna Polska published the results of their investigation, which shows that patients with pancreatic cancer to receive modern treatment at the National Medical Institute Of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Warsaw, they had to deposit tens of thousands of zlotys as part of donations to the foundation operating at the hospital. “Such expectation was formulated against them by the head of one of the hospital clinics and chairman of the scientific council of the Institute Prof. Marek Durlik,” it was written.

Portals write that “those who did not pay, were most often operated in a classic way, giving worse effects of therapy. It happened from at least 2022 to 2024.”

“Immediately after obtaining information about possible irregularities as part of the Foundation supporting the State Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, the sound material recorded in 2023 last Thursday (April 3) and the CBA was handed over to me by journalists. The State Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Monday spokesman for the Ministry of Interior and Administration Jacek Dobrzyński.

National Health Fund He finances operations on the pancreas with a classic method, while the operation using the robot is more expensive. According to the law, the difference is covered by the hospital.

“There was no money for surgery tools”

In the assessment of the head of the health department of Izabela Leszczyny, “the patient using the services of a public hospital, operated on public equipment by a doctor paid from public funds, must pay extra for surgery.” In turn, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Interior and Administration Wiesław Szczepański called the case “scandalous”. – As soon as I learned about her from the editors, I gave it to the boss CBA To analyze whether we are dealing here with corruption behavior. Regardless, I called the Directorate of the National Medical Institute to meet. Every detail will be explained – assured the deputy minister.

– We could either ask patients for payments or stop operating – Professor Marek Durlik, head of the Gastroenterological Surgery and Transplant Surgery Clinic at the State Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, told portals.

– There was no money for surgery tools. The previous director knew everything, the current director also knew – he said. He added that “everyone knew”. The doctor stipulated that the deposits to the foundation were voluntary and unpaired, and operations were also performed by the modern method on those patients who did not perform them – write Wirtualna Polska and the health market.

Statement of hospital management

The health market and Wirtualna Polska pointed out that the foundation at the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Warsaw is not subject to the hospital. “One of its founders in 2012 was Marek Durlik. The organization was created to support the hospital financially, among others by collecting money from satisfied patients and institutions that want to support the state health care system,” they wrote.

They also stated that “the current management of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in the submitted statement emphasized that 'the Foundation referred to in the recording was established by private persons and is a separate and independent legal person towards PIM Ministry of Interior and Administration.' The National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and “” – said the health market. It has been added that “posters encouraging to pay for the foundation are hanging at the hospital.” “One of them is just before entering the clinic, which is managed by Prof. Marek Durlik,” it was written in the article.