The clinic is in financial trouble: fire letter to Health Minister Karl Lauterbach. So many of the 1,900 clinic in Germany are in danger of closing.
This would mean that rural areas in particular would be deprived of health care. “We spend 30.4 billion euros on development aid around the world. Now the health of our own population should be the top priority,” says Hansjörg Zahler, chairman of Garmisch-Partenkirchen health region.