Ministry of Health of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Ministerstwo Zdrowia Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is one of the Ministries of the Republic of Poland. Its current minister is Izabela Leszczyna.
Ministerstwo Zdrowia | |
Pac Palace in Warsaw, the seat of the Ministry | |
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Formed | 1918 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Poland |
Headquarters | ul. Miodowa 15, 00-952 Warsaw 52°14′48.9″N 21°00′29.3″E / 52.246917°N 21.008139°E |
Employees | 706 (31 March 2022)[1] |
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Parent agency | Council of Ministers |
Website | www.gov.pl/zdrowie |
The seat of the Ministry of Health is the Pac Palace in Warsaw. It was rebuilt between 1948 and 1951 according to the design of Czesław Konopka and Henryk Białobrzeski, with the elevation from the courtyard being rebuilt according to the design of Marconi, and the garden elevation according to the modified original Baroque design of Tylman van Gameren.
The Polish Medical Air Rescue (Polish: Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe, lit. 'Aerial Emergency Medical Service', LPR) is an air ambulance service subordinate to the Ministry of Health of Poland. Its fleet includes 27 EC135 helicopters, and 2 Piaggio P.180 Avanti fixed wing airplanes, which operate out of 22 locations throughout Poland.