As of: February 27, 2024, 8:00 a.m
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The SPD members Herbert Bengler, Ruth Waldmann and Andreas Mehltretter commented on the hospital reform (from left).
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The Freising SPD wanted to provide a little information on the subject of hospital reform at a press conference.
MdL Ruth Waldmann was also there.
Freising
- "The topic of hospital reform is on everyone's lips right now," explained Andreas Mehltretter, MdB, on Monday - which is why the Freising SPD wanted to provide a little information at a press conference in the constituency office on Ziegelgasse.
In addition to the district council parliamentary group leader Herbert Bengler, the state parliament member and deputy chairwoman of the committee for health and care, Ruth Waldmann, was also invited.
She then found clear words about why the hospital reform was more than overdue: “Ultimately, people should be cared for where it is best for them – and not where beds urgently need to be occupied.”
According to Waldmann, this reform is long overdue, but no one has dared to approach it - until now.
“Many clinics are on the verge of collapse, and not because of the upcoming reform, that has to be said,” emphasized Waldmann, as well as: “Hospital planning is a state matter - but Bavaria has not been doing proper planning for a long time.”
Where is this collapse coming from?
Lack of funding, staff shortages and a Bavarian government that is “putting on the brakes”.
What Waldmann also cannot understand: “You act as if inpatient and outpatient have nothing to do with each other.
But this urgently needs to be connected.” In her opinion, there is too much inpatient treatment and too little outpatient treatment – or as she put it: “For many illnesses, it doesn’t matter where you sleep at night.”
But because inpatient treatment is high, a staff shortage is inevitable - among other things because of a necessary three-shift model in care.
One thing is of course clear: “Fast care must still be guaranteed - but the transfer should then be quickly moved to where the best possible treatment for the patient is available, such as to a house with a stroke unit.”
What the SPD is demanding for funding is the so-called “hospital billion”, which Prime Minister Markus Söder had put on the election posters, but which again does not appear in the budget.
What Waldmann also noted: “It’s not particularly helpful that only Bavaria is always against the hospital reform.”
“The capacity utilization of the clinics is falling, including in Freising,” explained Bengler, who sees an extremely positive future for the Freising Clinic.
However, it is not entirely clear how exactly the hospital reform will affect the Freising clinic, as Mehltretter added.
The future of the Mainburg hospital was also briefly discussed.
Here the comrades simply wish that the Free State would finally have to say what should happen - and what a supply structure in the districts could look like.
“Bavaria must now move away from simply wanting to occupy beds,” said Waldmann, who also emphasized one thing: “The fact that the reform is now flattening all hospitals is nonsense.
The reform even strengthens the structures in rural areas.”
According to Mehltretter, things are finally moving forward with the Transparency Act, which makes it clear what can be done and where, so that a good treatment structure can then be built with this knowledge.
“The Mainburg regional report only exists because the government is not doing its job,” criticized Mehltretter.
The Free State could mark certain hospital locations as indispensable, said Ruth Waldmann.
Why nothing is happening here is a mystery to her: “At the moment the government is just waiting to see when and where beds will be requested.” This is not a Lauterbach law, but one from the federal and state governments.