Speaking at a press conference, Trzaskowski addressed reports of irregularities at Warsaw's Szpital Południowy (Warsaw Southern Hospital), saying the city's healthcare companies would be stripped of political influence.
"There will be no politicians in them," he stressed.
The move comes after reports involving Dawid Kacprzyk, a former city councillor for the ruling Civic Coalition (KO) party.
The 28-year old doctor coordinated the hospital's emergency department and is reported to have earned around PLN 1.6 million (EUR 380,000, USD 440,000) last year while undergoing specialist training in anesthesiology.
Fellow Civic Coalition politicians were also allegedly given priority treatment in his department, with full examinations carried out almost immediately after registration.
Trzaskowski said he had had no prior information about irregularities in the emergency ward.
"External inspections, including one by the regional governor in March, found no significant problems there," he added.
Trzaskowski likened the Kacprzyk case to that of Nikodem Dyzma – the protagonist of a classic Polish satirical novel who rises through society purely on deceit and cunning – saying: "We have signals, which we are verifying, that Dawid Kacprzyk invoked his influence, position and contacts."
He noted that the doctor had returned PLN 500,000 (EUR 117,000) to the hospital after 33 invoices were corrected.
"That means the billing-verification system failed to work as it should. Hence the decision to dismiss the hospital's management," he said.
Trzaskowski added that, according to the findings, there was no formal VIP room in the emergency ward.
"As far as I currently know, there was no official preferential pathway for patients in the emergency ward."
"This was an unauthorised mechanism created outside standard procedures," he added.
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Source: PAP