Warsaw doctor and KO councilor earned 1.6 mln PLN in a year, prompting audits and resignation from party

The earnings disclosure

Dawid Kacprzyk, an anesthesiology trainee and councilor in Ursus district, disclosed 1.6 million PLN in his 2025 asset declaration, nearly all from his role as coordinator of the Emergency Department at the city-owned Southern Hospital (Szpital Południowy). He worked approximately 3,976 hours that year (about 331 hours a month, 11 hours a day, including weekends and holidays). He acquired a Porsche Panamera worth over half a million PLN and an apartment valued at nearly one million PLN, both without a loan. Full medical license was obtained just 18 months earlier.

Political and institutional response

Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski ordered an immediate audit of the Southern Hospital and extended it to emergency departments in all municipal hospitals.

“Healthcare is too serious a matter to leave room for doubts and ambiguities. It concerns people's health, but also taxpayers' money.”

Marcin Kierwiński, head of Warsaw structures of the Civic Coalition and Poland's interior minister, accepted Kacprzyk's resignation from the party on Monday. The Supreme Chamber of Physicians filed a complaint with the professional liability spokesperson over a possible missed medical shift, after media reports indicated Kacprzyk's work schedule overlapped with television appearances and Senate visits.

Systemic critique

Confederation MP Sławomir Mentzen blamed the structure of the public health system, calling the National Health Fund (NFZ) a centralised monopolist that inevitably operates poorly and creates bidding wars for doctors. He said doctor salaries in Poland relative to the national average are among the highest in the world.

“This is a symptom of the system we have. And it doesn't matter whether PiS or Platforma rules, it will be the same. The only prescription is to change this system.”

Sebastian Goncerz, head of the Residents' Agreement, said the doctor's situation was completely non-standard, resulting from a very favourable contract and extremely high working hours, while most of the 33,000 doctors in specialization earn far less.

What comes next

A city audit team was already working inside the Southern Hospital on Monday, examining staffing arrangements at the emergency department. The National Health Fund also launched its own inspection. Trzaskowski warned that if irregularities are found, consequences will be drawn against those responsible.