In view of the dramatic corona situation, the state of Baden-Württemberg is taking action to increase the number of intensive care beds for Covid 19 patients in the short term. The government instructed clinics on Thursday to keep at least 40 percent of their places in intensive care units free for Covid-19 cases. "The situation in the intensive care units of the Baden-Württemberg hospitals continues to worsen at a rapid pace," says the decision, which is available to the German Press Agency in Stuttgart.
Stuttgart - According to forecasts by the Ulm and Freiburg University Clinics, between 750 and over 1000 intensive care beds across the country could be needed for Covid 19 cases by next Thursday. There are currently 439 such cases. The state government believes that the load limit has already been exceeded at 390 intensive care beds and has therefore declared the alarm level, which primarily provides restrictions for unvaccinated people.
Despite repeated appeals, some hospitals have so far not complied with the state's request to reserve 40 percent of the intensive care places for Covid 19 patients - also for economic reasons, it was now said.
That is why there must now be instructions.
This is linked to the promise that the costs will be reimbursed.
The state is assuming costs of 20 to 30 million euros per week, but is relying on a takeover by the federal government.
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