The organ care system for heart (OCS Heart) was used for the first time in the history of Polish heart transplantology to transport an organ from the donor to the recipient on March 4, 2024, by the Clinic of Heart, Thorax and Transplant Surgery of the University Clinical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw headed by Prof. Mariusz Kuśmierczyk. The use of this innovative equipment ensures that the heart is transported in “comfortable” conditions – beating, nourished and protected against the necrotic environment outside the human body.

Mr. Viktor Liashka, Minister of Health of Ukraine, visited Warsaw on March 28. He met with Prof. Robert Gałązkowski, Vice-Dean for Dietetics, Medical Rescue and Public Health of the Medical University of Warsaw, Chair of the Medical University of Warsaw’s Team for Cooperation with Ukraine. They discussed cooperation between the Medical University of Warsaw and Ukrainian medical universities.

This is the first clinic of its kind in Warsaw. It was officially opened on April 4. “The corridors of our clinic is still empty today. However, I dream that it will be full of students who, as part of volunteering, will want to spend at least an hour a week at the patient’s bedside and here they will become infected with medicine,” said Tomasz Dzierżanowski, the founder and head of the new unit, during the inauguration ceremony.

This was a major event dedicated to health promotion and prevention. It was organized by the Faculty of Health Sciences on the occasion of the upcoming World Health Day. Students from five public high schools and senior citizens were invited to attend - a total of more than 400 people. Guests first listened to interesting lectures by experts, and then sought advice and information from representatives of student scientific circles.

Saturday, March 23 was an exceptional day at the Department of General and Transplantation Surgery UCC MUW. On a single day, in less than 10 hours, two pancreas transplants were performed there (including one - simultaneous with a kidney transplant). The patients are feeling better and better, and although both are still in the hospital, they will be discharged home in the next few days.

Today, March 27, 2024, at the U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski’s residence, Rector Professor Zbigniew Gaciong attended another cyclical meeting on the issue of youth mental health.

Rector Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong hosted a visit to our university by Josef Pavlovic, Deputy Minister of Health of the Czech Republic, who was accompanied by Adéla Lemrová - an expert on infant and young child nutrition from the National Health Institute of the Czech Republic, Aneta Majerčíková - an advisor, and Jaroslav Remes - a representative of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Warsaw.

Everyone knows that most hospitals are in debt and those that financially manage are a fraction of a percent. There is a lack of liquidity, after all, everyone has to pay for heating or electricity, drug supplies. So what do they do? They borrow - says Anna Łukasik in an interview she gave to the Polish Press Agency.

About 1,500 visitors, 40 booths, nearly 300 students manning the booths, 4 lectures in the auditorium, 8 types of workshops and 400 participants - this is the balance of the Open Day, which took place on March 23 at our university.

The most important thing in preventing type two diabetes is prevention, i.e. fighting obesity, a good diet and physical activity, emphasized Senator Agnieszka Gorgoń-Komor, MD, PhD, during the debate "How to stop the diabetes epidemic?" organized by the Medical Center MUW and held on March 15 at the Medical University of Warsaw. The senator added that Poles live ten years less than Italians or Spaniards due to diseases of civilization.