Polish charity sets another fundraising record: audio report
A high-profile Polish annual fundraiser called the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity has collected a record-breaking sum of money this year, which will be spent on buying medical equipment to help diagnose and prevent sepsis, the organisers have said.
Impresario Jerzy Owsiak, the driving force behind Poland's Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, unveils the record-breaking sum the annual fundraiser has collected this year, in Warsaw, on Friday, March 31, 2023. PAP/Marcin Obara
Poles have again defied their bread-and-butter concerns to donate more than ever to the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity’s latest effort, helping to raise a staggering PLN 243,259,387.25 (almost EUR 52 million).
The raised total will help revolutionise the way sepsis is handled at Polish hospitals through the purchase of state-of-the -art diagnostic systems for labs, according to the organisers.
Radio Poland’s Michał Owczarek has this report.
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