
The Interreg NEXT Poland – Ukraine Programme is entering a new stage of implementation. Following the completion of the first call for proposals and the selection of projects from the HEALTH priority, it is now time to prepare and sign grant contracts.
The first contract, for the implementation of the project ‘Look inside yourself – increasing access to specialised diagnostic imaging in the Polish-Ukrainian border area’ (acronym InsideImaging), was solemnly signed on 27th March 2024 in Siedlce.
We were hosted within its walls by the St. John Paul II Mazovian Voivodeship Hospital in Siedlce Ltd. (PL) – the lead partner of the project, which will be implemented together with the Lviv Regional Clinical Diagnostic Centre (UA).
– with these words Janina Ewa Orzełowska, member of the Board of the Mazovian Voivodeship and the Programme Monitoring Committee, began the signing ceremony.
Konrad Wojnarowski, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy signed the contract on behalf of the Managing Authority, in his welcome speech, stressed that:
Referring to the InsideImaging project, Minister pointed out that
For more than 2.3 MEUR received for this project from European Union funds, the premises of the imaging diagnostics department at the hospital in Siedlce will be modernised. New examination desks will also be created in the department, and modern IT equipment will be purchased. In addition, the hospital’s equipment will be enriched with software for teleradiology and the analysis of imaging results based on artificial intelligence, as well as the computer equipment necessary for its proper operation. In turn, the hospital in Lviv will receive a scanner for magnetic resonance imaging and a call centre equipped with the necessary hardware and software. In addition, the use of modern software will also allow the hospital’s archive to be transformed into a digital medical image archive for the 21st century.
Further contracts will be signed soon, and we look forward to seeing the results of the projects implemented under our Programme.