The parliamentarians Kerstin Celina and Patrick Friedl and the Bundestag MP Manuela Rottmann are calling for a second aid program.
Photo: SymbolMarijan Murat, dpa
“We quickly need a second aid package from the federal government and the Free State of Bavaria for the hospitals,” explain Kerstin Celina and Patrick Friedl, Green MPs from Kürnach and Würzburg and Manuela Rottmann, Green MP from Hammelburg (district Bad Kissingen), in a press release on the situation of the hospitals in Lower Franconia.
The three MPs are therefore receiving numerous reports from hospitals in the region, which describe dramatic loss of revenue with rising costs. For example, there is no reimbursement for out-of-date outpatient services or optional services provided by the clinics due to the requirement that the capacities be reserved primarily for the treatment of corona patients.
Greens: Rescue package decided is not enough
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn wanted to allow parts of the capacities to be used again for predictable operations from mid-May. However, it will not be possible for hospitals to return to full capacity for the duration of the corona pandemic. That means they should continue to face high revenue losses. The rescue package that has been decided so far is not sufficient for this, said the deputies.
“A second aid program must come quickly, otherwise it could be too late for individual hospitals.”
Kerstin Celina Green parliamentarians from Kürnach
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Kerstin Celina points out that half of the Bavarian hospitals were already in deficit in 2019. “That is why such a second aid program has to come quickly, otherwise it could be too late for individual hospitals.”
Patrick Friedl also sees the Free State of Bavaria as duty to quickly avert hospital death as a result of the pandemic: “The fact that many Bavarian hospitals had their backs to the wall economically before the pandemic is also due to the inadequate state funds for investments in the past decade. The Free State cannot now let the hospitals hang. ”
Fear of a job
Bundestag member Manuela Rottmann calls for quick talks between the federal and state governments about a second aid package. “We cannot unload the whole special situation due to Corona with the contributors of the statutory health insurance companies,” said Rottmann. “It is true that we are trying to mitigate the economic consequences of Corona with billions of tax dollars. But those who are at the forefront of ensuring health care for all of us at risk for their own health should not have to fear for their jobs in the future. ”
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Wurzburg
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MPs
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ambulance
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Federal Minister of Health
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Member of the Bundestag
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Corona virus
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Statutory health insurance companies
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Jens Spahn
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Kerstin Celina
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Hospitals and clinics
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Member of the state parliament
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Pandemics
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Patient
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Patrick Friedl
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Lower Franconia
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