Statuty szpitala św. Wojciecha w Opolu – fundamentem działalności placówki

The functioning of any institution, regardless of its scope of activity, is rooted in legal foundations. These include both general laws issued by higher authorities and internal regulations that govern the specific operations of the institution. Such internal regulations are often formalized through statutes and guidelines. The statutes of St. Adalbert’s Hospital in Opole were drafted by its Board of Trustees and are particularly significant. They pertain to the city’s oldest healthcare facility, which operated under the curatorship of the Catholic parish during the 19th and mid-20th centuries. These statutes are noteworthy as they are among the few preserved documents detailing the principles of patient admission and treatment at the hospital. The statutes, published as a booklet by the Raabe printing house in Opole, are believed to have originally been created as a manuscript. Unfortunately, the original manuscript has not survived among the archival materials stored in the State Archives in Opole.