Red alert in the clinics |
CSU Minister goes to Lauterbach
Verbal attack on Federal Health Minister Lauterbach (59, SPD) …
A heated argument broke out at the health ministers’ conference in Magdeburg on Monday afternoon.
According to information from participants, the reason was that Lauterbach did not give any concrete signals as to how the clinics should be freed from their difficult financial situation.
The Bavarian Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (left)
Then the Bavarian Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (57, CSU) burst: he vehemently demanded “a solution”. You now need a quick perspective for the clinics and not a lengthy analysis.
The chairman of the board of the German Hospital Society (DKG), Gerald Gass (59), had previously described the dramatic situation in the hospitals.
Gass showed that in 2023 the clinics will be short of 9 billion euros. Because: The clinics would have problems with high inflation, declining case numbers and exploding energy costs.
There is a red alert in the clinics of the DKG! Plain text from Holetschek: “This is how we drive the system up against the wall!”
Clinics are threatened
The fact is: The clinics in Germany are very concerned about the extremely high energy prices. According to the DKG, an increase in income for the clinics of 2.32 percent is planned for the current year.
But inflation is already at almost eight percent. “According to a current survey, almost 40 percent of the hospitals see their economic situation in such danger that there is a risk of insolvency,” says Gass. In many places, hospitals are threatened with closure.