●  Discrimination in Warszawa

In August 2026, in a hospital in Warsaw, a few-month-old Ukrainian infant was admitted at night in critical condition with suspected urosepsis, a systemic infection that is rapidly fatal in babies without immediate treatment. During the morning shift handover, members of the medical team turned to discussing the child's nationality: according to anaesthesiologist Justyna Leszczuk, a staff member said with satisfaction that the infection would teach the child that "in Poland it is never easy".

Leszczuk, who has regularly travelled to Ukraine as a volunteer to help medics and wounded soldiers since the start of the war, objected that a person with xenophobic views must not be allowed near patients; a colleague who also witnessed the remarks recalled that judging people by their origin had historically led to concentration camps. The exchange nearly escalated into a confrontation. No formal complaint was filed with the hospital management, and Leszczuk did not name the facility or the person who spoke about the infant.

Leszczuk also described the hospitalisation of another Ukrainian child whose parents did not speak Polish. When she offered to help because she speaks Ukrainian, a member of staff told her she knew "the language of the enemy". She said she repeatedly notices colleagues rolling their eyes when children from Ukraine are brought in.