Rheumatologist offered 4,000 PLN for a 7-hour shift — clinic refused, doctor quits public healthcare

Rheumatologist Bartosz Fiałek proposed a B2B contract to the Pomeranian Centre of Rheumatology: 4,000 PLN gross per day for seeing at least 21 patients over 7 hours. The clinic rejected the offer, prompting Fiałek to announce he is leaving the public healthcare system. The case has sparked a broader debate about doctors' working conditions and pay in Poland.