Berlin police registered 194 cases of physical injuries and assaults last year. That was significantly more than in 2022 with 162 such acts.
Drunken patients, psychiatric cases and aggressive extended families often played a role. Police Chief Barbara Slowik said attacks in hospitals were unfortunately not just a problem on New Year's Eve, but all year round. The clinics are affected very differently. Many are not affected at all, others are very severely affected. Solutions and prevention therefore have to be very individual, says Senator Iris Spranger.