The health ministry will be depoliticized, and its sole mission will be to improve conditions for patients - not doctors, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday during a press conference on his government’s reshuffle.
While acknowledging the achievements of outgoing Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna, Tusk said he is impressed with her successor. He praised Sobierańska-Grenda for restoring order to the hospital system in the Pomeranian region of northern Poland.
Key reforms expected to help improve Poland’s healthcare system include the rollout of nationwide digital appointment scheduling and broader digitization.
Sobierańska-Grenda is a legal and healthcare executive with an MBA and a PhD in social sciences, focused on hospital management and restructuring efficiency.
Since 2017, she has served as president of Szpitale Pomorskie (Pomeranian Hospitals), a regional hospital network owned by the Pomeranian provincial government. The group manages four major facilities: F. Ceynowa Specialist Hospital in Wejherowo, PCK Maritime Hospital and St. Vincent de Paul Hospital in Gdynia, and the Smoluchowski Medical Center in Gdańsk.
Before taking this leadership role, Sobierańska-Grenda spent six years as director of the Health Department for the Pomeranian regional government. There, she oversaw all public hospitals under the province’s authority, led hospital consolidations, and supervised their transformation into state-owned commercial companies. She also advised on restructuring and converting county hospitals into more efficient operating models.
Earlier in her career, she held local government roles, including county secretary and head of the Council Office in Malbork County.
Read more about this topic:
(mp)
Source: KPRM/IAR/PAP