The Pro-Medica Municipal Hospital has joined the nationwide "Army-Friendly Hospitals" program. Monday (20 October 2025) The Mayor of the City of Ełk Tomasz Andrukiewicz and the President of the Management Board of Pro-Medica Bożena Szelągowska signed an agreement on this matter with the Minister of National Defence, Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

The main assumption of the "Army-Friendly Hospitals" program is to optimize the health safety system in Poland. In practice This means strengthening cooperation between the military, health and public administration in crisis situations. All this to create efficiently a functioning organism in which the resources and competences of all institutions can be used effectively for the security of citizens – both in peacetime and in emergency situations.

The project assumes m.in:

• training for Military-Friendly Hospitals conducted by military health service entities,
• joint educational programmes,
• participation in processes related to the protection of Civil Protection Agency,
• supporting fundraising processes in the as part of the digitization of hospitals, including the development of IT infrastructure,
• or participation in programs dedicated to the expansion of and support for emergency medical services.

In the near future, it is planned to launch the cycle specialized training for doctors from "Army-Friendly Hospitals", in cooperation with the Military Medical Education Centre.