The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access originally published online on May 12, 2006
The European Journal of Public Health 2006 16(4):446; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckl065
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Can pigeons change the emergency system in Poland?
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The recent, tragic disaster at the pigeon fancier's fair in Katowice, which claimed 65 victims and injured 200 others, has left Poland in a state of shock. At the same time everyone was amazed at the efficiency of the rescue efforts, which stood out in sharp contrast to the chaos characterizing the Polish health care system and its
Krzysztof Krajewski-Siuda and Piotr Romaniuk
Correspondence: Department of Health Policy, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Silesia, ul. Piekarska 18, 41-902 Bytom, Poland, e-mail: zpz@slam.katowice.pl