Prosecutor questions Warsaw hospital doctor Dawid Kacprzyk in financial scandal

Questioning at the Warsaw district prosecutor office

On Tuesday, 6 October 2026, investigators at the District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw carried out prolonged procedural actions with physician Dawid Kacprzyk. Spokesperson Piotr Antoni Skiba confirmed that prosecutors spent several hours conducting procedural activities with the former local official in connection with the investigation into Szpital Południowy. Skiba stated that the investigative steps were intensive and of key importance to the broader case, adding that prosecutors will outline specific findings during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. Investigative reporter Mariusz Gierszewski from Radio ZET reported that Kacprzyk was formally presented with charges during the interrogation. Prosecutors declined to provide immediate details on the exact legal status of the suspect, announcing that full findings would be presented during a scheduled press briefing on Wednesday.

I confirm that procedural actions took place today, lasting very long.

Emergency department operations and financial earnings

The investigation focuses on administrative and financial practices at Szpital Południowy in Warsaw, where Kacprzyk served as the coordinator of the hospital emergency department. Reports published in June 2026 by Zero.pl documented that the doctor collected 1.6 million PLN in remuneration over the course of the previous year while still undergoing his medical specialization in anaesthesiology. Investigations conducted by Kanał Zero indicated that Civic Coalition politicians received preferential treatment at the facility, undergoing admissions, medical examinations, and diagnostic procedures immediately without waiting in standard patient queues. The outlet also reported that hospital staff maintained a dedicated VIP lounge for party members and alleged that supervisory neglect in the emergency department coordinated by Kacprzyk may have played a role in patient fatalities.

Political leadership and subsequent clinic work

Before the financial disclosures emerged, Kacprzyk was a prominent local representative for the Civic Coalition, holding a seat as a district councillor in Warsaw's Ursus district. He also served as the leader of Nowa Generacja, the youth organization affiliated with the political party led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk. After the initial media coverage subsided in the summer of 2026, Kacprzyk secured employment at the Centrum Medyczne clinic located in the town of Jaktorów. When journalists from Niezalezna.pl met him following a completed medical shift, he declined to discuss the ongoing inquiry, while hidden camera footage recorded by Zero.pl captured him dismissing the public scrutiny. Kacprzyk retained his license to practice medicine throughout the period, with the medical self-government imposing no professional suspensions or disciplinary sanctions.

Chronology of the municipal hospital inquiry

The district prosecutor launched the investigation into Szpital Południowy shortly after the revelations in June 2026, but Kacprzyk had not been questioned by law enforcement during the initial months of the probe. The prolonged procedural session on 6 October marked the first direct interrogation of the former councillor by prosecutors. The District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw scheduled a formal briefing for Wednesday, 7 October at 14:45 to present the findings gathered by investigators.