Polish doctor Fiałek: surgeons will do fewer ops if fee caps are introduced

Rheumatologist Bartosz Fiałek criticised Poland's Health Ministry proposal to cap doctors' fees, arguing that under the new limits surgeons would perform fewer operations and patients should pay significantly more. The post triggered a fierce online backlash — journalists, commentators and even the spokesperson of the Supreme Medical Council publicly rebuked Fiałek, with one advising him to "cool his head."

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