Silesian Health Fund head suspected of clash of interests

Medical and pharmaceutical companies which signed lucrative contracts with the Silesian Health Fund when Andrzej Sośnierz was the head of the institution, were also generous benefactors of the Fundacja Zamek Chudów foundation, Rzeczpospolita has learned. Interestingly, the founder and life president of the foundation was Sośnierz. Also, those public healthcare institutions which 'helped' the foundation with hundreds of thousands of złotys also received interesting contracts from the Sośnierz-run fund. According to Rzeczpospolita, the list of those who paid includes several IT companies and Banks with ComputerLand said to have paid 18 times in four years. This figure is beaten by 25 payments from private clinic Tomograf. Although the list of companies and contracts is much longer, Sośnierz denies any illegal activities and claims all payments were entirely voluntary. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) J.K.