Dubbed Budzik (Alarm Clock), the PLN 50 million (EUR 10.7 million) facility will provide pioneering medical care and rehabilitation designed to bring adult patients out of a coma, Polish state news agency PAP has reported.
People with brain injuries will receive a range of treatments, from cryotherapy and hydrotherapy to cold laser therapy and manual therapy, according to officials.
The hospital is modelled on a similar facility for children that has so far brought out 100 young patients out of a coma, said actress Ewa Błaszczyk, whose Akogo Foundation was behind the idea for both hospitals.
Much of the funding for the new facility, PLN 44 million (EUR 9.4 million), came from a special fund administered by the Polish justice ministry.
Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said at the unveiling ceremony last week: “In a symbolic way, the resources that come from convicts will serve the public good, in the most literal sense.”
Several hundred people go into a coma in Poland every year, with the figure among adults being three times higher than among children, the PAP news agency reported.
Built over three years under the auspices of First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda, the new hospital is due to start admitting patients in March, officials said.
(pm/gs)
Source: PAP, funduszsprawiedliwosci.gov.pl