The Dr. Juliusz Roger Rybnik Hospital is initiated by Dr. Juliusz Roger, who came to Silesia in 1847 to assume the position of court physician of Duke Victor I. Juliusz Roger, one of the most remarkable characters of Upper Silesia, was not only doctor, but also a naturalist and folkloriSt The hospital facilities that bear his name, and whose construction he himself initiated, were put into use in 1869, four years after his death.