Legal Doubts Surround Councilor's Medical Practice in Municipal Hospital

Dawid Kacprzyk, a councilor for the Warsaw-Ursus district and an emergency room coordinator at the Warsaw Southern Hospital, has resigned from his mandate and left the KO club following legal and financial scrutiny. Last year, Kacprzyk, working as a doctor, reportedly earned over 1.6 million PLN. However, investigations revealed he received payment for work he allegedly did not perform during that period.

Following these revelations, Kacprzyk returned half a million PLN, correcting 33 invoices issued between January 31, 2025, and June 16, 2026. The prosecutor's office has launched a preliminary investigation, and an audit is underway at the hospital. The core of the controversy lies in anti-corruption regulations that prohibit councilors from engaging in business activities using municipal property under threat of losing their mandate.

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The hospital's property is municipal property, and a doctor conducting business violates Article 24f of the Act on Municipal Self-Government because they are conducting business on the municipality's property.

Legal experts are questioning the legality of Kacprzyk's private medical practice within a municipal hospital. He reportedly registered the hospital's address as the location for his private medical practice. According to Article 24f of the Act on Municipal Self-Government, councilors are forbidden from conducting business activities independently or jointly with others that utilize municipal property in the commune where they hold their mandate. They also cannot manage such activities or act as representatives or proxies for them.

Kacprzyk's situation is complicated by the fact that he operated as a sole proprietor providing services under a civil law contract to the Warsaw Southern Hospital Sp. z o.o., which is entirely owned by the City of Warsaw. A municipal lawyer stated that operating a business on municipal property violates Article 24f, even if the councilor claims not to be renting or leasing space. The argument is that the municipality provides the entire infrastructure for the business, which constitutes using municipal assets.

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But that's not true. In practice, it looks like this – the municipality gives them the entire workshop for their business activities. They use the premises.