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A New Challenge
Building a new facility for the Specialized Oncological Out-Patient Clinic
Because of ever-mounting difficulties with the premises of the Specialized Oncological Out-Patient
Clinic, founded by the Knights of Malta over 15 years ago, and in response to an increasing need for
medical care of inhabitants of Wielkopolska Province, the Polish Association of Knights of Malta
and the Foundation of Polish Knights of Malta decided to expand their largest charitable work in
Poznań. Responding positively to their initiative, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań, H.E.
Stanisław Gądecki granted them, at no cost, a plot of land of 800 m 2 (0.2 acre) for the building of a
new clinic. Widespread consultations were immediately undertaken to prepare architectural concepts
that would make the best use of the site. After obtaining a ruling on the conditions for building on
and utilization of the site, and presenting documentation to the authorities, in June 2007 the
Foundation obtained formal permission to construct the clinic. The new clinic will be located within
the premises of the Parish of St. John of Jerusalem Beyond the Walls, in the Commandery in Poznań.
This is historic spot for our Order, where the first Knights of St. John lived and conducted their
works. If historian Jan Długosz is to be believed, it was on May 6 1170 that Bishop Radwan and
Duke Mieszko III the Old invited them to operate a hospital and hospice. The planned clinic will be
housed in a three-storey structure with basement, with total floor area of 960 m 2 and usable area of
770 m 2 (10,333 and 8,300 sq. ft., respectively). The clinic will contain facilities for mammography,
densitometry, ultrasonography, hispatology; rooms for oncology, surgery, gynecology, cardiology,
psychology, treatments. We anticipate that the services rendered by the clinic may grow as needs
dictate.
All persons who wish to support the building of the Oncological Clinic are asked to make donations
to:
Związek Polskich Kawalerów Maltańskich (The Polish Associations of Knights of Malta)
ul. Jazgarzewska 17
00-730 Warsaw
Bank Account: 80 1020 2892 0000 5902 0122 2520
We are honored that the following have extended their honorary patronage to our charitable work –
the construction of the new Oncological Clinic:
H.E. Stanisław Gądecki
Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań
Prof. Marek Ziółkowski
Vice-President of the Senate of the Republic of Poland
Mr. Grzegorz Ganowicz
Chairman of the City Council of Poznań
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