The University Center of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia will receive nearly PLN 3.1 million to fight the COVID-19 epidemic. The money will be allocated from EU funds under the Regional Operational Program of the Pomeranian Voivodeship for 2014-2020.

The subsidy will allow to create 3 isolation rooms in the modular (container) system for the needs of the emergency room, registration and collection of swabs from people suspected of coronavirus infection, and 3 isolated rooms for each of the three hospital departments. In addition, a vision track for the Endoscopy Laboratory will be purchased, and the room at the Department of Cardiology and Internal Diseases will be modernized and adapted to hospitalization of patients with COVID-19 in serious condition.

The university hospital is a key center of the fight against the epidemic in Pomerania. The Maritime and Tropical Medicine Center was the first facility fully prepared to provide professional care for patients infected with coronavirus.