Polish military and civilian doctors will train in a makeshift battlefield simulation set up in the basement of Lublin’s Military Clinical Hospital, Radio ZET reports.
Field Hospital in Lublin
Until now, the Lublin Military Clinical Hospital treated injuries sustained in the Ukraine war. A Catastrophe Medicine Workshop will be established in its basement, replicating battlefield conditions, according to Radio ZET. Local medical staff and personnel from other hospitals will use the space for training, initially with mannequins, and similar programs are planned for other hospitals.
What Exactly Is Being Done?
Plk Aleksander Michalski explains that doctors, nurses and rescuers will be introduced to the specifics of battlefield work and tactical medicine. The rooms will be sterile yet littered with dust, dirt, special lighting and sounds to mimic a combat zone.
Plk Bogusław Piątek adds that the staff must learn how to aid soldiers under such conditions; one room will provide first aid, another will handle medical segregation.
Preparing Hospitals Is Necessary
Plk Piątek notes that many medics can no longer perform traditional open‑wound surgeries. Most operations now use minimally invasive techniques and robots, leaving few specialists capable of managing complex, multi‑organ injuries.
He stresses that all hospitals, especially civilian ones, must be ready for any threat and be able to support armed forces if war erupts. Polish hospitals are evaluating equipment and each must designate beds for wartime use, a plan coordinated with the voivode and authorities.
Special Workshop in Wrocław
Wrocław Medical University has created a Workshop of Field Medicine and Forensic Ballistics, where students train for potential wartime conditions.
Dr. Tomasz Jurek, professor, says preparing medical staff for extraordinary events—catastrophes, terrorist attacks, war—is a medical university’s duty, especially amid current tensions in Ukraine.
