Nearly PLN 400 million will be spent on the construction of the University Oncology Center with a Radiotherapy Center. The brand-new project for the University Clinical Hospital in Wrocław was announced on Monday, October 6th. This is no coincidence, as October is a month when significant attention is paid to cancer prevention and treatment. Built using the latest technologies, the six-story building, spanning over 21,000 square meters, will be constructed on the hospital’s main campus on Borowska Street. Design work will begin soon. The significance of the investment is confirmed by the fact that the University Clinical Hospital project has been included in the latest ranking of strategic projects eligible for funding from the Medical Fund.
The project aims to consolidate key competencies and resources in a single, functionally connected center, which will shorten diagnostic times and improve patient treatment comfort.
“ The University Oncology Center with Radiotherapy Center is another important step in the development of our hospital and university. We will create a modern oncology center where patients will receive comprehensive, holistic care – from diagnostics to cutting-edge therapies – and it’s worth remembering that the first academic CAR-T cells in Poland were administered here. It’s also an opportunity to relocate departments from historic buildings to spaces that meet modern treatment standards. The new space will allow for better organization – in one place – and fully utilize the scientific and clinical potential, with tangible benefits for patients, specialists, and students,” says Prof. Piotr Ponikowski, Rector of the Wroclaw Medical University.
Currently, the selection of a project contractor is being finalized, who will translate the assumptions into specific functional solutions – shorter and more intuitive patient routes, logical connections between units, and safe separation of clean and dirty zones.
“Consolidating our currently dispersed units into a single, logically designed building means improved treatment logistics, shorter waiting times between diagnostic and treatment stages, and more ergonomic working conditions for staff,” emphasizes Dr. Marcin Drozd, director of the University Clinical Hospital in Wrocław. “We have planned extensive consultations with clinical teams and support departments to ensure that the design solutions precisely meet real-world needs.”
One path for the patient: from diagnosis to innovative therapies
In parallel, organizational solutions are being refined, with an emphasis on same-day hospitalization and shortened outpatient paths, which will allow for the treatment of more patients and improve the comfort of treatment. The new building will be functionally connected to the existing hospital facilities on Borowska Street.
“Hematooncology is a field in which treatment outcomes are determined by synergy: the team’s experience, access to highly specialized procedures, and the proper organization of care. The new conditions in this modern facility will ensure a unified patient path – from the outpatient clinic and imaging diagnostics and nuclear medicine, through one-day hospitalization, to inpatient treatment, hematopoietic cell transplants and cellular therapies, including CAR-T, as well as radiotherapy,” notes Prof. Tomasz Wróbel, Head of the Department and Clinic of Hematology, Blood Malignancies, and Bone Marrow Transplantation at the University Clinical Hospital. “Thanks to this, we expect further improvement in treatment outcomes and safety. The current facilities on the old campus are simply not suited to this development.”
The new facility will house hematology and oncology departments with day care units, a bone marrow transplant unit with an apheresis laboratory, an emergency room, outpatient clinics (hematology, oncology, transplantology, surgery, and gynecologic oncology with diagnostic and treatment rooms), and diagnostic facilities: magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, X-ray diagnostics, densitometry, nuclear medicine, and positron emission tomography. An integral part of the project is the Radiotherapy Center – an inpatient unit with 14 beds, an outpatient clinic, teleradiotherapy and brachytherapy units – as well as a tissue and cell bank, a radiological supervision department, a medical diagnostic laboratory, and administrative space.
“For cancer patients, access to modern therapies is important, as is a sense of security and continuity of care. The new center will allow us to conduct diagnostics and treatment in one integrated location – from imaging tests and outpatient consultations to hospitalization and radiotherapy. This is a huge advantage, because in cancer, time and efficient coordination are crucial,” emphasizes Dr. Izabella Dębicka, the Rector’s Representative for Oncology at the Wroclaw Medical University and the Director of the University Clinical Hospital.
Priority: comfort and safety
The entire investment will cost PLN 380 million. The University Clinical Hospital (USK) will invest over PLN 170 million, and the remaining amount—nearly PLN 210 million—can be obtained from the Medical Fund. The USK project was included in the recently published ranking list of the competition for strategic project proposals in the field of oncology.
“Securing such significant funding is a testament to their trust and confirmation that our vision for developing oncology has been recognized. We begin by preparing the design and documentation, obtaining the required administrative approvals and decisions, and fine-tuning the organizational framework for the units relocating to the new facility. This is a monumental undertaking that would not have been possible without the dedication of a team of professionals, who deserve our thanks,” adds Agata Lisiewicz-Kaleta, Deputy Director for Operations at the University Clinical Hospital.
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The University Oncology Center with Radiotherapy Center is a six-story building with an area of over 21,000 square meters. The plan provides 83 beds for inpatients in single and double rooms with private bathrooms, as well as 48 beds in day care wards (18 in the hematology section and 30 in the oncology section). This number of beds includes an additional 5 beds in the Bone Marrow Transplant Clinical Ward and 6 beds in the Day Care Hematology Clinical Ward. The project involves the construction of the facility along with supporting infrastructure – internal roads, green areas, and parking spaces – as well as comprehensive interior furnishing. The design emphasizes economic and environmental aspects, including low-energy operation and the retrofitting and replacement of outdated medical and non-medical equipment.
Consolidating services in one location means shorter diagnosis times, easier treatment coordination, and faster access to multi-specialist consultations and advanced diagnostics. This means greater comfort and safety of treatment for patients, and consistent standards of practice and closer collaboration for clinical teams.
Construction is scheduled to begin in 2026 and be completed within three years.
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The Clinic of Hematology, Blood Cancers and Bone Marrow Transplantation at the University Clinical Hospital provides approximately 18,000 outpatient consultations annually, conducts nearly 5,000 one-day hospitalizations and approximately 1,200 inpatient hospitalizations, and also performs approximately 1,000 therapeutic aphereses and up to 140 transplants.
