The first surgical robot now in Włocławek
A surgical robot financed under the National Recovery Plan (polish: KPO) has been delivered to the Marshal’s Regional Specialist Hospital in Włocławek. This state-of-the-art tool enables precise, tissue-sparing surgical procedures and will be used, among others, in gynecological and urological operations. It is already known that the hospital will soon have access to another machine of this type, as well as a modern operating microscope with a fluorescence module, designed for surgeries of brain and spinal cord tumors. These purchases are part of a larger investment package worth nearly PLN 50 million and covering around 250 items.
“I am satisfied that our Włocławek hospital has joined the group of facilities using this ultra-modern surgical technology. For patients, it means a significantly shorter postoperative hospital stay, reduced postoperative pain, a lower risk of complications, and a faster return to normal functioning. It is worth emphasizing that, alongside the hospital’s expansion, the purchase of modern medical equipment is an element of a broad modernization of the facility,” stresses Marshal Piotr Całbecki.
“This purchase is undoubtedly a major developmental step for our hospital. We are making it with our patients in mind, who will now be treated using the most advanced surgical technologies,” notes Dariusz Szczepański, Director of the Regional Specialist Hospital in Włocławek. “A surgical robot is equipment that fundamentally changes treatment possibilities. It is a technology that has a real impact on the quality and safety of procedures. For us, it symbolizes a new stage in the hospital’s development, and for patients it means access to treatment at the level of the best centers in the country. This tool would not have appeared here, however, without a very well-prepared, thoroughly described, and highly rated project that we submitted under the National Recovery Plan. Thanks to NRP funding, we can comprehensively modernize the hospital’s diagnostic and therapeutic infrastructure and equip departments with hundreds of modern devices.”
A surgical robot is a type of manipulator consisting of a console that serves as the surgeon’s interface and a working unit with arms ending in precise surgical instruments. The device accurately transmits the doctor’s hand movements in real time, while the operative field is observed through a camera. The machine makes the surgeon’s movements more precise by eliminating accidental tremors. This precision allows for minimizing the size of incisions, reducing blood loss, and speeding up postoperative wound healing. Robots are currently used in medical centers around the world, including in oncological, cardiac, neurological, urological, and gynecological surgery.
Such devices are also in operation in other major hospitals in the region, including the Marshal’s Oncology Center in Bydgoszcz (a national leader in the use of surgical robots in operative practice) and the Regional Integrated Hospital in Toruń.
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The expansion of the Regional Specialist Hospital in Włocławek, scheduled for completion in spring 2027, is progressing according to plan. Construction progress has exceeded 30 percent.
See: Hospital in Włocławek: a surge of funding, expansion in full swing
Press Office of the Marshal’s Office
6 February 2026