Cyberattack on the Institute of the Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital in Lodz. Canceled, among others tests. “Everything has fallen”

The Institute of the Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital (ICZMP) in , one of the largest highly specialized medical centers in Poland and the main reference center in the field of obstetrics and neonatology, gynecology and paediatrics, was attacked by . This information was confirmed by the spokesperson of the facility.

Cyberattack on the Institute of the Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital in Łódź. “IT Systems Temporarily Disabled”

“The Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute (ICZMP) fell victim to a cyberattack. In order to minimize its effects, we decided to temporarily disable IT systems” – Adam Czerwiński from ICZMP told the website.

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“We are conducting intensive activities that are to lead to their full launch as soon as possible. The entire ICZMP IT team participates in these activities with the support of the Ministry of Health, the e-Health Center and NASK” – he added. The spokesman also explained that he is still trying to conduct standard patient service, but “cannot rule out some difficulties for patients in the next few days”.

The website itself, citing its sources, informs unofficially that the institute has been the victim of an attack. In turn, the readers of the portal indicate that problems with the ICZMP’s network have been going on for several days. “On Saturday, everything fell early in the morning,” we read. It is not known who is behind these attacks.

The Institute of the Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital in Łódź must translate tests and issue paper prescriptions

The spokesman for the facility, Adam Czerwiński, explained “” that most areas of the hospital’s work are operational – especially those that save the lives and health of patients. They operate, among others delivery and operating rooms, and patients admitted for elective procedures usually have CT scans and MRIs done much earlier. However, as a result of the hacker attack, examinations in the radiology laboratory – computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging – suffered the most. These devices need to be connected to the network in order to function properly.

The daily adds that the cyberattack on the ICZMP IT system took place on Friday (October 28). Therefore, patients have to reckon with serious difficulties. “Dziennik Łódzki” explains that the doctors of this facility issue prescriptions on paper, and some tests cannot be performed and are postponed to another day.