Two tiny tots with sick kidneys highlight disparities in NFZ's financial health

While 4-year-old Hania from Opole awaits a kidney transplant, having endured the hardest part of her treatment, funded entirely by the NFZ in that city, the same cannot be said for the even less fortunate Weronika in Wrocław. There, the local NFZ branch is refusing to stump up the necessary zł.10,000 a month needed for the sick seven month-old's therapy as it claims it simply hasn't got the cash. "It's a scandal!" declared Professor Danuta Zwolińska, adding, "The law guarantees equal access to medical help." However, after the intervention of Gazeta Wyborcza, the newspaper reports, the local NFZ director has initiated meetings with the head of the hospital in question to try to hammer out an appropriate solution. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.9) K.J.