As of: January 26, 2024, 7:33 a.m
By: Felix Herz
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The patients of the Donaustauf Clinic got together and wrote an open letter to the district administrators, mayors and politicians - to prevent the impending closure of the clinic.
© Patients of the Donaustauf Clinic
In order to prevent the impending closure of the clinic, the patients wrote an open letter.
The mayor also speaks out.
Donaustauf - The pulmonary specialist hospital in Donaustauf is currently on the verge of closure, the provider - the German pension insurance (DRV) Bayern Süd - is withdrawing.
If there is no change in ownership, the clinic will have to be closed, reports the BR.
Patients and the mayor of Donaustauf want to prevent this.
Patients write an open letter – because “employees are no longer allowed to speak to the press”
The patients of the Donaustauf Clinic sent an open letter on Tuesday, January 23rd, which is also available to our editorial team.
According to the sender Michelle Schindlmeier, who speaks on behalf of “thousands of patients at the Donaustauf Clinic,” the reason is because the “clinic employees are no longer allowed to speak to the press.”
To express this and give the open letter a face, a photo collage of patients at the clinic was included.
In the open letter they ask “district administrators, mayors, politicians to take a stand against the impending closure of the Donaustauf Clinic.”
The people behind the open letter are “patients with acute, chronic, complex and/or rare illnesses who have been treated at the Donaustauf specialist clinic for many years.”
Not only does the specialist clinic offer them the care they need, it is also one of the few contact points for people with post-Covid syndrome.
For them, the specialist clinic is therefore “necessary for their survival”.
From administration to cleaning, patients are in good hands.
Closing the specialist clinic would mean the loss of medical care for around 3,100 inpatients and around 5,300 outpatients, for whom there is no substitute in this region.”
Open letter from the patients of the Donaustauf Clinic
Finally, the patients “urge the recipients of the open letter to work to maintain the specialist clinic”.
They would need “specialized care,” “today and in the future.”
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Threatened clinic closure – mayor also speaks out
The mayor's office in Donaustauf is not left unaffected by the impending closure of the clinic.
According to a press release from there, “Mayor Jürgen Sommer (SPD) has asked Bavaria’s Health Minister Judith Gerlach (CSU) to support the plans of the Caritas St. Josef Hospital in Regensburg.”
According to BR, the Caritas association is planning to take over the sponsorship for the diocese of Regensburg.
The decision lies with DRV Bayern Süd - the decision scheduled for Friday, January 19th has been postponed.
They will discuss things again on January 30th, it said in a statement.
For the patients and the mayor of Donaustauf, the matter is clear - a closure of the Donaustauf Clinic must be “absolutely prevented”.
(fhz)
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