The posting of a Berlin nurse to the Corona crisis goes viral. In it she criticizes Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn sharply. And not just him.
- Germany is fighting the corona virus * - public life is paralyzed due to the corona crisis .
- In Germany and throughout Europe, people go to balconies to applaud doctors and nurses.
- A German nurse and an Italian doctor react irritably to this - and attack politics.
Munich - Your posting from March 23 was shared more than 69,500 times until Sunday evening, March 29, shortly before 6 p.m. A social media post goes viral whenever it is relevant.
Nina Magdalena Böhmer, 28-year-old nurse from Berlin, has given air to her anger on Facebook. The young woman is working in a Berlin hospital during the Corona crisis and has now clearly complained about the equipment of nurses and carers in the fight against the insidious corona virus *.
Corona crisis in Germany: young nurse attacks Jens Spahn
And not only that: It attacked the policies of Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) sharply and condemned well-known expressions of solidarity by the German population for the medical staff in the intensive care units and in the emergency rooms of the republic, where mostly risk groups such as older people with corona Infection * .
"I'm really sad and disappointed, I feel fooled and I can't believe it. I am seriously speechless, "wrote Böhmer and said:" You can put your gossip somewhere else, honestly ... I'm sorry to say so, but if you want to help or want to show how much we are worth, then help us fight for better conditions! "
Fighting the corona virus: A lot of frustration among German nurses
Böhmer probably spoke of a lot of frustration when she wrote the text. She continued to address German society: “If you want to help us, don't clap, don't sing, rather sign an online petition and vote for parties who stand up for us. I only reveal so much: Jens Spahn is not. "
Her criticisms: Inadequate equipment and payment of the medical staff in the hospitals as well as a permanent work overload. The Federal Minister of Health of the Union got really displeased not only in the posting of the young nurse.
In a contribution for the Tagesspiegel , she also wrote: “A few weeks ago, Jens Spahn decided to remove the minimum staff for certain stations because of Corona *. Of course this is now an exceptional situation, but it was hardly possible before. We are not machines! The nursing emergency has been known for years. There were reports, talk show discussions, nothing happened. ”
Stuttgart: A banner with the words "Thank you" hangs in front of the Robert Bosch Hospital.
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So serious allegations against the federal government's health policy and alleged savings in the health system .
Corona crisis in Germany: serious allegations against the federal government's health policy
Böhmer is not alone with her anger and frustration - only recently a young Italian doctor caused a sensation on the balconies with a public cry for help and criticism of applauding citizens.
To the point of exhaustion: Doctors work in the Covid 19 intensive care unit of the San Matteo hospital in Pavia, Italy.
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Stefania F., 36 years old, married, mother of two-year-old twins, doctor in Milan, i.e. in Lombardy, the epicenter of the Italian corona crisis *, explained in an interview with the news portal web.de : "If the system explodes now, is that at least partly the result of years of savings and cuts in policies in the national health system. ”
Corona in Europe: Italian doctor also criticizes applauding citizens on balconies
"I'm angry too. Now there are all these well-meaning actions against doctors and nurses. People who appear on the balconies to applaud, ”said Stefania F .:“ I understand that on the one hand, but on the other hand it bothers me because we have remained the same: namely those who were insulted until yesterday because we supposedly did carried out examinations too late or who knows what to do instead of working. We don't want applause, we have real respect when the whole situation is over. ”
Böhmer goes one step further than the Italian doctor and wishes: "When all this is over, I'm happy if you take to the streets for us."
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