The corona virus continues to advance - it has now become known that the rehab clinics of the Medical Park on Tegernsee are also affected. There are cases of Covid 19 sufferers in the houses.
Bad Wiessee - In the Tegernsee valley, the rumor spread on Thursday: Allegedly, several patients and employees of Covid-19 fell ill in the Hubertusklinik in Bad Wiessee, which belongs to the Medical Park Group. A whole wing of the clinic has now been quarantined, it said. At the request of the Tegernseer Zeitung , Medical Park spokeswoman Ulrike Schillo confirmed in the evening that there were actually cases of infection both in the St. Hubertus clinic and in the Am Kirschbaumhügel specialist clinic. She spoke of "a few" cases among patients and staff. "Despite extensive precautionary and hygienic measures, the virus could not be prevented from spreading to the clinics," said the Medical Park Group in a statement. Schillo concretizes that the virus was probably introduced by a patient.
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Schillo emphasized that there was no health risk for the patients in the two clinics. "Nobody in our house has to worry," she said. Due to the generous spatial conditions, it was possible to set up an isolation station immediately. At the same time, the hygiene measures had been further intensified. The health department of the district of Miesbach is of course informed about the cases - in consultation with the authorities, the decision was taken not to admit any further rehabilitation patients to the locations. However, the clinic in the houses on Lake Tegernsee was not officially closed.
Rehabilitation clinics on Lake Tegernsee keep beds free for patients in acute clinics
On the contrary: The clinics of the Medical Park - including the St. Hubertus and Am Kirschbaumhügel buildings in Bad Wiessee - are currently preparing in coordination with the regional authorities to relieve the acute clinics by providing capacities for those infected. According to the spokeswoman, it could be that patients will be transferred from the Agatharied hospital or Munich clinics to the rehabilitation centers as early as next week. There are enough beds available, explains the spokeswoman. Since orthopedic procedures are only carried out when absolutely necessary, there are currently fewer rehabilitation patients who would use beds.
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"In the global fight against the pandemic, our 3,500 employees are at the forefront and have a special responsibility," explains Ernst Freiberger, owner of the Medical Park Clinic Group, in a press release. He and his family are infinitely grateful for that. "We are 100 percent committed to our responsibility as an entrepreneur and for society," affirms Freiberger.
Medical Park Group clinics facing major economic challenge
The current situation also poses major economic challenges for rehabilitation clinics, the Medical Park Group said. The clinics would already keep a large number of beds free so that they could quickly take over patients in need of treatment from the acute care homes as needed and thus make room for the treatment of severely affected corona patients, according to the press release.
Although Bavarian politicians have campaigned for stable financing of the clinics, the currently planned statutory regulations of the federal government for the rehabilitation clinics are "not sufficient", it is said.
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