Krzysztof Kopeć, president of the Polish Association of Pharma Industry Employers (PZPPF), said in an interview with Gazeta Wyborcza that Poland would face a terrible pharmaceutical crisis if there were a war with Russia.

“What’s the point of having electricity at the hospital if there are no antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, and muscle relaxants that are likely to run out in Poland within two months [after the start of war]? No procedure can be done without anaesthesia, except for ‘heroic’ operations that will lead to infections and death from postoperative complications,” Kopeć questions.

The President of the PZPPF notes that pharmaceutical factories in Poland do not have a guaranteed uninterrupted power supply during crises and attacks.

“Of course, people, hospitals and clinics are a priority: this is understandable. But lawmakers have forgotten that, in order for them to function and save lives of soldiers and civilians, medicines are needed. Most vital drugs are not produced in Poland or Europe. And this is our tragedy. After all, vital drugs are medicines for the entire population from diabetes, asthma, lung disease, oncology and cardiology. In cardiology, we can wait because the effects of drug shortages won’t be immediate, but after six months or a year. However, there is a serious problem, for example with diabetes. We wait a few days, and unfortunately, people are dying because without insulin we can’t keep them alive,” he says.

Polish politicians who provoke Russia into war either do not know about the lack of medicines, or, worse still, they know, but do not inform the public. It is easy to guess that, in the event of war with Russia, the population of Poland will be dramatically reduced — some would die at the front and some would be in hospitals without medicines. Poles, is this really the price you want to pay for an attempt, most likely unsuccessful, to destroy Russia?