The decision on the investment at the Banacha Campus is aimed at improving the conditions in which patients are treated and students are taught.
The original plan: revitalize the Lindleya Campus
At first, the university planned an investment at the Lindleya Campus. The numerous WUM units housed there operate in very poor conditions. After many efforts, funding for the project was secured from the Polish government, and the preparations were commissioned.
However, the plan to revitalize the Lindleya Campus and build a new hospital there ran into significant obstacles. Those followed from the protection of historical monuments, which applies to both the land and the existing buildings. Despite many efforts, the progress of work and the utilization of funds awarded by the Prime Minister were unsatisfactory, to the extent that the possibility for the project to eventually go ahead was jeopardized. Therefore, in agreement with the management of the WUM University Clinical Center, an alternative plan was prepared, which involves moving the project to the Banacha Campus. The decision allows us to avoid restrictions related to the protection of monuments, and to fast-track the project, so that the funds awarded to us can be utilized fully.
The area covered by the change we have applied for
The application for change concerns the Banacha Campus, an area located between the following streets: Banacha, Pawińskiego, Księcia Trojdena, and Żwirki i Wigury.
Thousands of people visit the campus every day. It is therefore vital for its potential to be used optimally, and for the new venue to facilitate work and study. And health, too: the university hospitals, two of which are located at the Banacha Campus and form the WUM University Clinical Center (Central Clinical Hospital, WUM UCC in ul. Banacha, and the Children’s Clinical Hospital, WUM UCC, in ul. Żwirki i Wigury), offer approximately 500,000 medical consultations and accept approximately 150,000 patients a year. For many of those people, the WUM University Clinical Center is their last hope. Numerous centers that form part of the UCC are at the highest referral level. This is where the most challenging cases from across the country are sent, these are the centers that treat patients who cannot not be helped elsewhere.
Better access to treatment and better conditions for patients
The new hospital at the Banacha Campus is planned to be built at the outdated helicopter landing pad near the Central Clinical Hospital.
The construction of the modern hospital at the Banacha Campus will enhance the quality and availability of healthcare by integrating medical services in one place, and simplifying the transport of patients who need the help of multi-specialty physicians between clinics.
The new hospital will house clinics moved from the Infant Jesus Clinical Hospital, WUM UCC, and certain other units from the Lindleya Campus. It will also include a modern transplantation center, which will bring together the functions of the transplantation centers already operating at the WUM University Clinical Center. This will improve the quality of care for patients, who come to WUM UCC hospitals from across Poland.
- When you think about the future of the university, it is important to consider not just how, but also in what buildings it will operate in 10, 20 or 30 years,” says Professor Rafał Krenke, WUM Rector. “The expansion of the Banacha Campus, which includes a new hospital building and will be made possible by the change in the local development plan that we have applied for, is a step towards radically improving the availability of healthcare services provision and the circumstances in which this takes place, and most importantly – patients’ comfort. It will also mean improved conditions for education, as students will be able to learn and gain clinical experience not just with remarkable experts, but also in modern hospital infrastructure.