Today's State of Play

STATE OF PLAY: Fejfer on healthcare's 'dentistry' fate, The Left smells Civic Platform's blood in the capital, Biejat demands Mencina's resignation, Newsmax launches

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-- SWEDEN WAS WELL ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING A CASHLESS SOCIETY. HOWEVER, ITS AUTHORITIES ADOPTED A LAW THAT COMPELS SHOPS TO ACCEPT CASH AND ENCOURAGES SWEDES TO USE IT:
https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/swiat/prawie-wyparli-gotowke-z-obiegu-i-poznali-ryzyko-szwecja-zarzadza-odwrot/88hcq2p

-- ON SATURDAY, JULY 4TH AT 5 PM, NEWSMAX POLSKA TV BEGINS BROADCASTING: Newsmax Polska TV will commence broadcasting on July 4th at 5:00 PM. The launch of the new channel will be marked by the main edition of "Dziennik" – Newsmax Polska TV's most important news service.
https://newsmaxpolska.pl/kraj/aktualnosci/56703/newsmax-polska-tv-startuje-poznajcie-zespol-nowej-stacji/news

-- HE HAD BACKING IN THE SOUTH AND WAS UNTOUCHABLE FOR YEARS – WE HEARD FROM OUR INTERLOCUTORS – ONET JOURNALISTS: “What is particularly outrageous is the fact that the hospital employee exploited the grief and helplessness of the deceased patients' relatives. When they came to collect the body, he persuaded them to use his paid services. – He had backing in the South and was untouchable for years – we heard from our interlocutors. – Once we were collecting a body after an autopsy. From the chest down, it was covered with some material. When I lifted it, I noticed that the abdomen was not sewn up at all. The intestines were practically hanging out of the body. We didn't pay him, so he didn't even finish his job.”
https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/ujawniamy-nowe-informacje-o-prosektorze-ze-szpitala-poludniowego-raz-go-przylapalem/1gh9fcf

-- THE PRIME MINISTER'S CONFERENCE WAS SO STRANGE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. ESSENTIALLY, HE SAID WE ARE ALL THIEVES, THROUGHOUT POLAND – A WARSAW CIVIC PLATFORM PARLIAMENTARIAN THROWING UP THEIR HANDS – IN MICHAŁ WOJTCZUK'S ARTICLE IN GW: “– The Prime Minister's conference was so strange. I don't understand it. Essentially, he said we are all thieves, throughout Poland – a Warsaw Civic Platform parliamentarian throws up their hands.”

-- HORROR AND PARALYSIS REIGN IN THE CAPITAL'S CITY HALL AFTER RESIGNATIONS – WOJCZUK CONTINUES IN GW: “Meanwhile, horror and paralysis reign in the capital's city hall after the resignations. Everyone particularly regrets Kaznowska, who was a hardworking and decisive deputy mayor, possessing institutional memory from her decade of work as deputy president. Today, Trzaskowski has no one with such experience by his side, although Mencina, before becoming deputy mayor, worked in local government for years, including as deputy head of the Municipal Water and Sewerage Company and mayor of Bielany and Ursynów.”

-- THE CITY HALL CANNOT REMAIN IN MARASMUS, WHILE SIGNATURE COLLECTION FOR A REFERENDUM IS ANNOUNCED FOR JULY – WOJCZUK CONTINUES IN GW: “Previous vacancies for deputy mayor positions lasted for months. Now, Rafał Trzaskowski cannot afford such a delay. Because, firstly, he needs deputies and oversight of the bureaus, including health policy, and secondly, the city hall cannot remain in marasmus, while signature collection for a referendum on the recall of the Mayor of Warsaw is announced for July.”
https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,32894167,krajobraz-po-dymisjach-trzaskowski-musi-na-nowo-ulozyc-ratusz.html

-- WHAT I WITNESSED AT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF SZPITAL POŁUDNIOWY FILLS ME WITH HORROR – WITOLD JURASZ IN ONET: “In November 2022, my mother was admitted to the now infamous emergency department at Szpital Południowy in Warsaw. What I witnessed, and even more so what I heard at the time, still fills me with horror, outrage, and also fear. Above all, however, it fuels my expectation that my country will finally start functioning, not just pretend to exist. I want to state very clearly at the same time that I met wonderful doctors at both Szpital Południowy and later, when my mother was transferred to the emergency department of another hospital after a collapse. Both young, middle-aged, and advanced in age. Including professors. But I also saw moral degenerates and the helplessness of decent people.”
https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/warszawa/jurasz-bylem-wstrzasniety-tym-co-zobaczylem-na-sor-ze-w-szpitalu-poludniowym/9e1vzyp

-- ANOTHER SCANDAL AT SZPITAL POŁUDNIOWY, THIS TIME WITH IVF. A PATIENT RECEIVED EMBRYOS FROM ANOTHER COUPLE – JUDYTA WATOŁA IN GW: “A mistake occurred at Warsaw's Szpital Południowy during an IVF procedure – reported 'Rynek Zdrowia'. According to the portal, one patient was transferred an embryo created from the reproductive cells of another couple. In vitro services at the Southern Hospital were also advertised by Senator Agnieszka Gorgoń-Komor, vice-chairwoman of the Senate Health Committee, who closely cooperated with Dawid Kacprzyk, the former coordinator of the hospital's emergency department who has since been dismissed (Gorgoń-Komor invited him to participate in the parliamentary team for scientific research and innovation in healthcare). The hospital missed no opportunity to popularize knowledge about the center. Information about its successes could be learned on Mother's Day, and immediately after on Children's Day.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32894428,kolejny-skandal-w-szpitalu-poludniowym-tym-razem-przy-in-vitro.html

-- Rafał TRZASKOWSKI'S CARDINAL MISTAKE. THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF HIS END – ROBERT BISKUPSKI IN RZ: “By dismissing his two deputy mayors, Rafał Trzaskowski is repeating the mistake made by his predecessor – Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz. This cost the former Mayor of Warsaw her position. Additionally, both then and now, the wrong heads were cut off.”

-- IN THE CITY HALL CORRIDORS, IT IS SAID THAT ACTIVISTS WILL BE SELECTED FOR THESE POSITIONS WHOSE TASK WILL BE TO EXECUTE THE ORDERS OF THEIR SUPERIORS – BUT THOSE FROM THE PARTY, NOT FROM THE CITY HALL – BISKUPSKI CONTINUES IN RZ: “In the city hall corridors, it is said that activists will be chosen for these positions, whose task will be to carry out the orders of their superiors – but those from the party, not from the city hall. Thanks to such a move, Mayor Trzaskowski will only theoretically hold power – all decisions will be made outside the city hall.”
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art44766941-robert-biskupski-kardynalny-blad-rafala-trzaskowskiego-to-moze-byc-poczatek-jego-konca

-- MENCINA WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE MOVES IN THE CITY HALL TO CAUSE THE RESIGNATION OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE DEPUTY MAYORS, PREFERABLY BOTH – ŁUKASZ ROGOJSZ IN INTERIA: "Mencina was supposed to make moves in the City Hall to cause the resignation of at least one of the deputy mayors, and preferably both." – "He is a very good friend of Rafał's and the eminence grise of the City Hall. In Kaznowska's absence, his influence in the City Hall will significantly increase," predicts our interlocutor.”

-- AN EXPERIENCED WARSAW CIVIC PLATFORM POLITICIAN SAYS: – MORALE IN WARSAW'S PLATFORM IS HITTING ROCK BOTTOM – CONTINUES ROGOJSZ IN INTERIA: “An experienced Warsaw Civic Platform politician says: – Morale in Warsaw's Platform is hitting rock bottom. People are angry that many innocent bystanders will now pay for the mistakes at Szpital Południowy and the City Hall. But the truth is that party membership was often an important additional asset when filling key city positions, even if someone was not qualified for them.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-morale-szoruje-po-dnie-dzialacze-ko-mocno-wkurzeni-na-trzask,nId,23509426

-- THE LEFT IS INCREASINGLY STRONGLY COUNTERING CIVIC PLATFORM IN THE CAPITAL: BIEJAT DEMANDS MENCINA'S RESIGNATION: “Depoliticizing Warsaw's companies is not enough. The real storage grounds are the municipal housing companies (ZGN-y) and other city units. Without their cleansing and the dismissal of Deputy Mayor Tomasz Mencina, who is responsible for companies in Warsaw, nothing will change.”
https://x.com/MagdaBiejat/status/2072998702294192224?s=20

-- OPERATING IN THE SHADOW ECONOMY IS TRULY DEBASING AND SO QUESTIONABLE POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF ANDRZEJ DUDA – MACIEJ MIŁOSZ IN RZ: “Recently, President Duda has been engaging in various income-generating activities, which to some extent can be understood – he is relatively young. He published a book, tried his hand in the media, and sits on the Supervisory Board of Dawid Rożek's company, Zen. But operating in the shadow economy like this is truly debasing the already questionable political achievements of Andrzej Duda. It is worth knowing when and how to leave the stage.”
https://www.rp.pl/opinie-ekonomiczne/art44769611-maciej-milosz-dlaczego-andrzej-duda-bladzi-czyli-warto-wiedziec-jak-zejsc-ze-sceny

-- OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FACES "DENTISTRY" – KAMIL FEJFER IN GW: “There is one last option. In my opinion – unfortunately – the most probable. That is, we can do nothing about all of this. And then, further elements of the system will undergo 'dentistry,' meaning they will slowly flow from the public domain to the private domain. Costs will be covered from private pockets. And as demand increases, what can be expected will happen – bills will rise and queues will lengthen. This has actually been observable for several years in the case of medical packages. They are becoming more expensive, offer fewer medical services, and one sometimes waits weeks for specialists.”
https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,177151,32893512,trzy-grzechy-glowne-ochrony-zdrowia-nasz-system-czeka-stomatologizacja.html

-- TUSK'S GOVERNMENT IS RAPIDLY LOSING ITS SOCIAL EAR – MAREK SZPANOWSKI, ENGLISH TEACHER AND LITERARY EDITOR WRITES IN GW: “The hospital scandal could be a turning point – not in terms of media spin, but in a deep reflection on why and to whom the next months of Civic Platform's government should serve. It seems that Donald Tusk's government is rapidly losing its social ear. Of course, large-scale abuses and the secrecy of public spending in hospitals are matters for the prosecutor, likely more than one. But there is also another area where sensible changes are planned with good intentions, yet most of the plans backfire on the coalition. It is worth examining the government's actions in the cultural sector and the intricacies of educational policy. In each of these areas, the Sejm and the media have recently provided examples of Civic Platform's ineffectiveness in processing and promoting government bills.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,32893459,rzad-tuska-traci-sluch-spoleczny-w-ekspresowym-tempie.html

-- MP KANDYBA (CIVIC PLATFORM) SAYS THESE ARE NOT VIP LOUNGES. SIMPLY, WHEN HE GOES TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF A PUBLIC HOSPITAL, THEY ADMIT HIM TO A REGULAR ROOM AND OFFER COFFEE:
https://x.com/PatrykSlowik/status/2073330060140880198?s=20

-- 37 YEARS AGO, THE ROUND TABLE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED (on Sunday)

-- BIRTHDAYS: Jan Szomburg, Jarosław Szostakowski. SUNDAY: Teresa Bogucka, Marcin Krupa, Tomasz Lejman.
 


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