The day is observed on February 11. To mark the occasion, the University Clinical Center of WUM organized a conference at the university devoted to patient safety in the healthcare system and improving hospital care standards. World Day of the Sick was also celebrated at the Princess Anna Mazowiecka Clinical Hospital on Karowa Street.

The helipad at the Emergency Department of the Children’s Clinical Hospital and the one at the Emergency Department of the Infant Jesus Clinical Hospital will be modernized. UCK received 8 million PLN in funding for both projects.

Women are great, committed and passionate researchers. Their role in science cannot be overestimated. However, they are still less likely than men to earn the professorial title or occupy the highest positions at universities. It may be due to a myth, which we want to debunk, that academic career and personal life are incompatible. On the occasion of today's International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we give the floor to our women scientists. WUM female professors argue that different life roles may be reconciled and one should never give up.

We collected exactly PLN 82,584.56. We achieved this impressive total thanks to people with big hearts who supported our campaign “The WUM community for WOŚP.” They bid in auctions, donated through the e-piggy bank, and contributed to the stationary collection boxes during the Grand Finale at the CSR WUM.

Neoplastic diseases are one of the greatest health challenges of the 21st century worldwide. It is estimated that currently in Poland over a million people are before, during or after oncological treatment. To bring encouragement, courage and smiles to all those struggling with neoplastic diseases, on February 4, the Department of Oncology UCC MUW organized a moving experience – the Music for Life concert at the Didactic Center of our university. The event was attended by the Minister of Health, Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda.

The Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF) is one of Europe’s leading research centres specialising in allergy and immunology. The newly established collaboration between the Medical University of Warsaw (WUM) and SIAF marks an important step towards more precise diagnostics and personalised treatment for children affected by allergies and asthma.

This year, 10 people received the Rector’s Awards for preparing outstanding scientific papers or for contributing to their preparation.

It is with deep regret that, on 3 February 2026, we received the news of the death of Prof. Jan Szmidt, PhD, DSc, Eng., Doctor Honoris Causa, the Rector of the Warsaw University of Technology in 2012-2020, the President of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland in 2016-2020, and a Honorary President of KRASP in 2020-2024.

Exactly one hundred years after the publication of the regulation of the Minister of Religious Affairs and Public Education establishing the Faculty of Pharmacy as an independent academic unit, an exhibition entitled “One Hundred Years of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Medical University of Warsaw, 1926–2026” was opened at the University on 29 January 2026. An extraordinary meeting of the Faculty of Pharmacy Council was also held. In this way, we officially launched the anniversary celebrations, which will continue until June 2026.

This is a very unusual place. Here, palliatively-treated patients may pass away with dignity, and their needs, not only physical, but also mental and spiritual ones, are noticed and met. Katarzyna Kęcka, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Health visited the Department of Palliative Medicine at MUW, talked to the patients, staff, and volunteers who help care for the sick. The visit was an opportunity to take a closer look at how such a department operates on a daily basis and what challenges it has to face.