Health - Children's hospitals want to distribute free beds more quickly
The Bavarian children's hospitals want to prevent renewed overcrowding by allocating free beds to their young patients more quickly. An online information and exchange system called "virtual children's hospital" is intended to ensure that the 39 participating hospitals have an overview of available treatment places and can allocate them accordingly. "You get a quick overview of free capacities," explained Health Minister Judith Gerlach (CSU) at the launch on Monday. "This can also avoid unnecessarily long journeys." The second step will be the establishment of a telemedicine network next year.
The project was initiated by the state association of senior paediatricians. "We have learned from the experiences of recent years and have taken action," explained its chairman, Professor Matthias Keller from the Dritter Orden Passau Children's Hospital.
Last winter, many children's hospitals across Germany were overloaded due to a wave of infections with the RS virus, with some hospitals running out of beds. According to Gerlach, there are no signs of a similarly dramatic situation this winter. "The infection situation is not currently a cause for concern," said Minister Gerlach. But we are taking the experience from last winter seriously."
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- The "virtual children's hospital" initiative, which aims to expedite the allocation of free beds in Bavarian children's hospitals, was pioneered by the state association of senior pediatricians from the Dritter Orden Passau Children's Hospital in Munich.
- Judith Gerlach, the Bavarian Health Minister and a member of the CSU, emphasized that while there are no current signs of an infection situation similar to last winter, the experiences from that period have led to proactive measures being taken.
- During the last winter, numerous children's hospitals across Germany experienced a surge in infections caused by the RS virus, which resulted in some hospitals exhausting their bed capacities.
- The online information and exchange system for Bavarian children's hospitals, designed to provide a comprehensive overview of available treatment places, could potentially reduce unnecessary long-distance trips for patients and their families.
Source: www.stern.de
