KO councillor and doctor earns 1.6 mln PLN in 2025, opposition voices cronyism concerns

Earnings disclosure

Civic Coalition (KO) councillor Dawid Kacprzyk, a 29-year-old doctor without a specialisation, earned 1.6 million PLN in 2025 from his individual medical practice, according to his asset declaration published as part of his council duties. The figure, first highlighted by journalist Patryk Słowik, also includes about 100,000 PLN from other sources, including his council allowance. His assets include a new 2025 Porsche Panamera 4 worth at least 600,000 PLN, an apartment valued at nearly 1 million PLN, and savings exceeding 700,000 PLN.

Workload and working hours

Kacprzyk works as coordinator of the Emergency Department (SOR) at Warsaw’s South Hospital, a position he secured through an open tender in which he was the only applicant. Money.pl reports that he logged 3,976 working hours in 2025, equivalent to 331 hours per month, and that he was not employed on a traditional labour contract. His hourly rate was set at market levels for Warsaw SORs. In addition to the South Hospital, Kacprzyk is listed as working at three other Warsaw medical facilities: a specialised outpatient clinic in Ochota, the admission ward of St Anne’s Hospital, and the SOR of Bródnowski Hospital.

Legal and procedural questions

According to "Gazeta Wyborcza", Kacprzyk obtained his full right to practise medicine only 1.5 years ago and has not completed his specialisation. Under existing regulations, a doctor without a specialisation should not serve as an SOR coordinator. Spokesperson for the Supreme Medical Chamber, Jakub Kosikowski, described the situation as "absolutnie wyjątkowa" (absolutely exceptional), questioning how a doctor in training could command such earnings.

Political reactions

On Polsat News, MP Joanna Wicha of the New Left, also a nurse by profession, said she was "shocked and outraged" by the case. She questioned whether a doctor working from dawn till night can be fit to care for patients.

If someone works from morning to night, how ready are they to help patients?

Wojciech Machulski of the Confederation party said he "does not believe in such cases", insinuating that the well-paid position was linked to Kacprzyk’s KO affiliation. Radosław Fogiel of Law and Justice (PiS) called the affair "scandalous on several levels", citing the doctor’s age, lack of specialisation, earnings, and patient safety. KO’s parliamentary club head, Zbigniew Konwiński, acknowledged the optics but stressed that Kacprzyk was hired through an open competition and that high medical contracts are a systemic issue requiring regulation. Deputy Marshal Piotr Zgorzelski of the Polish People’s Party (PSL) noted that hospital directors are often forced to accept inflated contracts because of staff shortages.

Old video from 2023 resurfaces

Soon after the earnings disclosure, social media users circulated a 2023 video in which Kacprzyk shouts about poverty in Poland and accuses the then-ruling PiS of absurdity.

There is poverty in Poland and Kaczyński sends us to pick mushrooms! Isn’t that absurd? There is poverty in Poland and Poles don’t have money for bread, oil, sugar.

The contrast between his earlier rhetoric and his current wealth has added fuel to the criticism.