Another Million Zloties for University Hospital

The agreement was signed on 17 May 2018 at the Voivodeship Headquarters of the State Fire Service in Opole. On the part of our university it was signed by Prof. Wiesława Piątkowska-Stepaniak, Vice-Rector for Administration and Development, on the part of the Ministry of Justice by Mikołaj Pawlak, Director of the Department of Family and Minor Affairs, and the head of the team to verify applications for funds from the Justice Fund.

'This money is an extremely important injection of cash into the modernization of the Department of Forensic Medicine at the University Hospital, which will be the reference centre of our university,' said Marcin Miga, Deputy Chancellor of the UO. 'We are immediately launching the tender procedure for the investment project, and we hope that the actual works will start in July.'

The value of the project is nearly 3.1 million zloties, of which 1 million zloties is financed from the Justice Fund. The university contribution amounts to  2.1 million zloties as a contribution in kind from the University Hospital (the university as such does not subsidize this task).

In accordance with the project co-financed by the Ministry of Justice, the Department of Forensic Medicine of the UH will be renovated and modernised, including upgrading the facilities and transforming them into the Department of Forensic Medicine - Reference Centre of the University of Opole. The establishment of the reference centre is a clinical and training undertaking of the UH and the UO. The facilities are planned to be adapted to the needs of doctors and state authorities, directly supporting victims of injuries often sustained during criminal events.