INFORMATION IN ENGLISH

ABOUT THE HOSPITAL

The J. Brudziński Children’s Hospital in Bydgoszcz is one of the most important centers for highly specialized treatment of children and adolescents, providing a wide range of comprehensive and interdisciplinary services in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric diseases, both inpatient (conservative and surgical) and outpatient, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.

The hospital operates as an independent public healthcare entity. The founding body is the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Local Government.

The hospital’s area of operation covers the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, and it also provides healthcare services to pediatric patients from other regions of the country and abroad, in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Activity Act and the regulations of the President of the National Health Fund.

The primary task of the hospital is to provide healthcare services as stipulated in the Act on Healthcare, including:

• Providing stationary specialist and general pediatric care, as well as surgical, neurosurgical, otolaryngological, and orthopedic procedures;
• Providing pediatric outpatient specialist care;
• Providing specialized healthcare services in the areas of prevention, health promotion, diagnostics, rehabilitation, and nursing care;
• Night and Holiday Heathcare Services.

The hospital also performs tasks related to the state’s defense needs and readiness to act in emergency situations, in accordance with separate regulations. It also conducts postgraduate internships, specialization training, and targeted internships for doctors during their specialization, in line with accreditations granted by the Ministry of Health.

The type and scope of healthcare services provided by the hospital include:

• Hospital treatment: specialized and general pediatric care as well as surgical, neurosurgical, otolaryngological, and orthopedic procedures;
• Diagnostic and therapeutic medical procedures within the framework of outpatient specialist care;
• Day and outpatient medical rehabilitation;
• Diagnostic tests conducted in laboratories, clinics, and departments;
• Night and holiday healthcare services;
• Psychological examinations and consultations;
• Patient nursing care;
• Dietary advice and consultations;
• Social rehabilitation;
• Health status evaluation;
• preventive programs and health promotion;
• drug programs and clinical trials.

HEALTHCARE SERVICES

Hospital Departments and Units:

• Admission Room (Location: Building B1, Level 0)
• Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (Location: Building B1, Level 0)
• Department of Pediatric Surgery, Urology, and Orthopedics (Location: Building B1, 4th Floor)
• Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery (Location: Building B1, 2nd Floor)
• Department of Pediatric Neurology (Location: Building B1, 2nd Floor)
• Department of Neonatal Pathology (Location: Building B1, 2nd Floor)
• Department of Pediatrics, Endocrinology, and Diabetology (Location: Building B1, 3rd Floor)
• Department of Pediatrics, Hematology, Oncology, and Rheumatology (Location: Building B1, 4th Floor)
• Department of Pediatrics and Cardiology (Location: Building B1, 2nd Floor)
• Department of Pediatrics, Pulmonology, and Allergology (Location: Building B1, 1st Floor)
• Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Audiology, and Phoniatrics (Location: Building B1, 3rd Floor)
• Operating Suite (Location: Building B1, Level 0)
• Day Rehabilitation Center (Location: Building B2)

Diagnostic Units:

• Anthropometric Laboratory
• Audiometry and Tympanometry Laboratory – Hearing tests for children – 2/3 level of testing (Location: Building B2, 1st Floor)
• Densitometry Laboratory (Location: Building B1, Level 0)
• Laboratory Diagnostics Department (Location: Building B1, 1st Floor; Sample Collection Point – Location: Building A, 1st Floor)
• Non-invasive Cardiovascular Diagnostics Laboratory (Location: Building B2, 1st Floor)
• Endoscopy Laboratory (Location: Building B1, Level 0)
• Blood Bank with Transfusion Immunology Laboratory (Location: Building B1, 1st Floor)
• Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory – EEG and EMG tests (Location: Building B1, 5th Floor)
• X-ray and Ultrasound Diagnostics Laboratory (Location: Building B1, 1st Floor)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Laboratory (Location: Building B1, 1st Floor)
• Computer Tomography (CT) Laboratory (Location: Building B1, Level 0)
• Microbiological Laboratory (Location: Building B1, 1st Floor)

Specialist Outpatient Care Unit:

• Allergy Clinic (Location: Building A, 1st Floor)
• Audiology Clinic (Location: Building A)
• Pediatric Surgery Clinic (Location: Building A)
• Pediatric Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery Clinic (Location: Building C, Level 0)
• Metabolic Disorders Clinic (Location: Building C, Level 0)
• Dermatology Clinic (Location: Building A)
• Diabetology Clinic (Location: Building C, Level 0)
• Endocrinology Clinic (Location: Building A)
• Phoniatrics Clinic (Location: Building A)
• Gynecology Clinic for Girls (Location: Building A)
• Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Clinic (Location: Building A)
• Cardiology Clinic (Location: Building A)
• ENT (Otolaryngology) Clinic (Location: Building A)
• Cystic Fibrosis Clinic (Location: Building A)
• Pediatric Neurosurgery Clinic (Location: Building A)
• Neurology Clinic (Location: Building A)
• Pulmonology Clinic (Location: Building A)
• Hip Dysplasia (Preluxation) Clinic (Location: Building C, Level 0)
• Rehabilitation Clinic (Location: Building B2)
• Rheumatology Clinic (Location: Building A)
• Pediatric Urology Clinic (Location: Building A)

Night and Holiday Healthcare Services

Primary healthcare services are provided: Monday through Friday from 6:00 PM to 8:00 AM the following day; 24 hours a day on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.

„Health for You” Foundation:

• Children and adolescents – ul. Chodkiewicza 44 (Location: Building A, Level 0), phone: +48 608 304 855
• Adults – ul. Królowej Jadwigi 16, phone: +48 887 077 967

PATIENT ADMISSION

Admission to the Hospital

Upon arrival at the hospital, a patient in a state of sudden deterioration in health is directed to the Hospital Admission Room, where a doctor conducts an examination and initial diagnostics. Based on the results, a decision is made whether to admit the patient to the hospital or determine further medical procedures.

Required documents:

• Referral (not required in case of emergency)
• Child’s health book
• Child’s PESEL number
• Complete medical documentation of the child’s previous treatment and current test results
• Health insurance registration information
• Patients from the European Union: ID card or passport, valid European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or equivalent insurance certificate. In non-emergency situations, EU and EEA citizens may be referred to a hospital outside their home country for planned treatment after obtaining the appropriate referral. In such cases, admission is based on the S2/E112 form. Failure to present one of the above documents may result in the patient being charged for the procedure according to the official price list.
• Non-EU patients may be required—depending on the conditions of their Travel Medical Insurance—to cover the costs of treatment, which may later be reimbursed by the insurance company. The hospital will contact the insurer immediately after the patient’s admission to verify the method of payment.

Planning a Visit to a Specialist Outpatient Clinic

Please bring the following required documents:

• Referral (not required in some clinics)
• Child’s health book
• Child’s PESEL number
• Complete medical documentation of the child’s previous treatment and current test results
• Health insurance registration information (NFZ – National Health Fund)

Outpatient specialist services financed by public funds are provided on the basis of a referral from a healthcare insurance doctor.

A referral is not required for services provided by: gynecologist and obstetrician; dentist; venereologist; oncologist; ophthalmologist; psychiatrist; for patients with tuberculosis; for patients infected with HIV; for war and military invalids, persecuted persons, and veterans; for blind civilian victims of war; for eligible soldiers or employees for treatment of injuries or illnesses acquired while performing tasks abroad; for injured veterans for treatment of injuries or illnesses acquired while performing tasks abroad.

In emergency situations, medical services are provided without the need for a referral.

PATIENT’S RIGHTS

The patient is entitled to rights defined in the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, the Act on Patient’s Rights and the Patient’s Rights Ombudsman, the Act on Medical Activity, the Act on the Protection of Personal Data, the Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on November 20, 1989, along with amendments to the scope of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as in other regulations defining the rights and duties of the patient.

Board’s Representative for Patient Rights

The oversight of compliance with the Patient’s Rights Charter in our hospital is carried out by the Board’s Representative for Patient Rights.

Email address: specjalista2szj@wsd.org.pl

Patients have the right to submit requests or complaints verbally or in writing in the hospital wards or at the hospital’s office. The submission should include contact information, the address of the person submitting the request, and a detailed description of the matter. Submissions containing the required information are addressed without undue delay, no later than 30 days from the date of receipt of the request/complaint. The resolution of a particularly complex matter, requiring an investigative procedure, will be completed no later than two months from the commencement of the proceedings.

Office of the Patient Rights Ombudsman

ul. Płocka 11

01-231 Warsaw, Poland

Website address: www.gov.pl/web/rpp/

Phone number: 800 190 590, available 24/7, seven days a week.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Wojewódzki Szpital Dziecięcy im. J. Brudzińskiego w Bydgoszczy

ul. Chodkiewicza 44

86-667 Bydgoszcz, Poland

Phone number: +48 52 32 62 100

Email address: sekretariat@wsd.org.pl