Charity and sponsorship

The Mercator Medical Group continues to be actively involved in the fight against COVID-19, implementing the #TogetherAgainstTheVirus (#WspólniePrzeciwWirusowi) campaign which involves supporting medical and care facilities by donating personal protective equipment from its own portfolio.

In February 2021, the Mercator Medical Group started its cooperation with the Dziedzictwo Przyrodnicze [Natural Heritage] Foundation to create 20 micro-reserves in the Carpathian Forest. New protection zones will prevent the logging of old trees, many of which are natural monuments, thereby supporting the protection of rare and protected lichen and birds, including species that occur very rarely in Poland: golden eagles, lesser spotted eagles and black storks.

Since 2014 – a sponsor of the Polish Association of Epidemiology Nurses (Polskie Stowarzyszenie Pielęgniarek Epidemiologicznych), implementing its statutory objectives of the opinion-making association which contribute, among others, to the development of epidemiology nursing, definition of education standards, promotion of effective solutions for prevention and control of hospital infections, integration of the environment, research and scientific work on hygiene and epidemiology.

Since 2016 – the publisher and sponsor of the Magazyn Pielęgniarki Operacyjnej journal. It contains articles on operating theatre hygiene which helps to prevent surgical infections, where the main source of infection can be the patient (endogenous source) or the operating theatre staff.

Since 2017 – the sponsor of the Mercator Trial sports team, the winner of the Polish Trial Cup. In cooperation with the Automobile Club of Krakow (Automobilklub Krakowski), the Group supports the development of this discipline in Poland.

Following the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the Mercator Medical Group has been actively involved in the fight against COVID-19. From February to December 2020, we donated almost 1.6 million examination gloves and 50,000 face masks to 55 institutions, mainly hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and foundations – including the Foundation for the Development of Nursing (Fundacja Rozwoju Pielęgniarstwa), the Saint Dominic Nuns Foundation (Fundacja Sióstr św. Dominika) – as well as to the Police Headquarters, the Material Reserves Agency and the Ministry of Health.

The main sponsor of the 20th Convention of the Polish Association of Epidemiological Nurses (Polskie Stowarzyszenie Pielęgniarek Epidemiologicznych) in Wisła.

The gold sponsor at the Health Picnic. This event has been organised by the Medical University of Gdańsk for over ten years. The University prepares numerous attractions for city residents, including free blood sugar and cholesterol testing, teaching breast self-examination, advice on how to quit smoking, first aid presentations, dental check-ups and many attractions for children.

The sponsor of the Mercator Trial sports team – the winner of the Polish Trial Cup (since 2017 until now). In cooperation with the Automobile Club of Krakow (Automobilklub Krakowski), the Group supports the development of this discipline in Poland.

The gold sponsor at the Health Picnic. This event has been organised by the Medical University of Gdańsk for over ten years. The University prepares numerous attractions for city residents, including free blood sugar and cholesterol testing, teaching breast self-examination, advice on how to quit smoking, first aid presentations, dental check-ups and many attractions for children.

The main sponsor of the 19th Convention of the Polish Association of Epidemiological Nurses (Polskie Stowarzyszenie Pielęgniarek Epidemiologicznych) in Wisła.

The publisher and sponsor of Magazyn Pielęgniarki Operacyjnej (since 2016 until now). It contains articles on the hygiene at the operating theatre which helps to prevent surgical infections, where the main source of infection can be the patient (endogenous source) or the operating theatre staff.

The partner and sponsor of the campaign titled „All Poland Teaches to Save Lives” organised at the Primary School No. 5 in Krakow under the patronage of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, which involved beating a record of the number of persons simultaneously performing CPR.

The sponsor of the Polish Association of Epidemiological Nurses (Polskie Stowarzyszenie Pielęgniarek Epidemiologicznych). We implement statutory objectives of the opinion-making association which contribute, among others, to the development of epidemiological nursing, definition of education standards, promotion of effective solutions for prevention and control of hospital infections, integration of the environment, research and scientific work on hygiene and epidemiology.