All people over 80 currently have the opportunity to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
But if they can't leave their house, things get difficult.
A family doctor in the district of Regensburg is suing: Bedridden people over the age of 80 have so far no chance of a vaccination against the coronavirus.
The problem: For this group of people, neither the federal government nor the states have created a solution in the vaccination organization.
And family doctors have not yet been allowed to vaccinate against the coronavirus in Bavaria.
Regensburg - Dr.
Hermann Franz Ready no longer understands the world.
The family doctor in Sünching, a small community in the Regensburg district, has around 21 patients in his practice who meet all the criteria to receive a vaccination against the coronavirus: They are over 80 years old.
And above all: you want to be vaccinated.
Your problem: You live in your own household and can no longer leave it.
Exactly this group of people was simply forgotten within the prioritization category I of the vaccination sequence, complains finished.
“We have been vaccinating since December 28th.
And still have no concept here. ”Because some people who want to and are entitled to vaccinate cannot drive to a vaccination center.
“For example: A lady over 80 years old lives next to my practice, she has care level 5, can no longer get out of bed, is looked after day and night.
She can't go anywhere for the vaccination, ”says finished.
His suggestion: GPs should be allowed to vaccinate their bedridden and immobile elderly patients - by visiting their homes.
Video: Vaccination - Majority of Germans do not believe in Merkel's promise
Biontech vaccine could be inoculated by general practitioners - but no permission in Bavaria
The vaccine from the manufacturer Biontech was initially only intended by the federal government for vaccination centers and the so-called mobile vaccination teams that visit old people's homes and care facilities - "with regard to the nature of the vaccines that have been approved and available so far as well as their complex storage conditions and the associated requirements for a ( complete) cooling infrastructure ", as the Ministry of Health announced on request.
In the meantime, however, Biontech itself advocates the use under certain conditions in general practitioners' practices.
This is exactly the recommendation that family doctor Fertig would like to follow.
However, he runs into many obstacles.
While exactly this procedure is already being practiced in federal states such as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the involvement of general practitioners is still a long way off in Bavaria.
"We are currently examining the form in which general practitioners and their practices can be involved on behalf of the vaccination centers," replied a spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of Health.
Coronavirus vaccinations for bedridden patients: the problem was known
But why haven't these considerations been made long ago?
Family doctor Ready keeps asking this question.
“We have been planning the vaccination since the end of October.
And it was known that there will be patients who will have to be vaccinated at home. ”Again and again the responsibility is just being pushed on.
Nobody really wants to talk to him about this problem.
“That is really bad.” Meanwhile, the relatives of the bedridden people feel “just let down,” reports finished.
"They find it weak."
In any case, there would only be a very limited number of people who would have to vaccinate the family doctors at home.
“That would be around 50 home visits twice for my practice.
Then my bedridden patients would have both vaccinations.
I can do that easily, "says finished.
Regensburg district offers community vaccinations against the coronavirus
After all: The district of Regensburg has been offering so-called community vaccinations since Monday, as spokesman Hans Fichtl explains: “With community vaccinations, the district has created an additional offer to enable this group of people to attend vaccination appointments close to their home and thus less time-consuming. “The next appointment is on February 15 and 16 in Sünching, that is to say the community in which Dr.
Done family doctor is.
The district office spokesman admits that this does not help the bedridden patients.
But he is sure that the federal and state governments will soon find a solution.
Follow the corona events in Bavaria in our current news ticker.
