Shortage of doctors - Gynecology department at Dillenburg clinic has to close
The gynecology department of the Dill clinics in Dillenburg in central Hesse will have to close at the end of the year. On January 1, the Ministry of Social Affairs withdrew the gynaecology department's operating license due to a shortage of doctors, said a spokeswoman for the Dill clinics on Friday. "There should be three attending physicians, and we have two." Despite an intensive search, no third doctor had been found. Other media had previously reported on the closure.
The gynecology department in Dillenburg is purely an inpatient department where doctors work alongside their practice. The clinic's spokeswoman confirmed reports that a search for new specialist staff with a headhunter was unsuccessful.
Patients in the region now have a much longer journey to the nearest clinic with a gynecological department and have to travel to Siegen, Wetzlar, Giessen or Marburg.
Just a year ago, the maternity ward at the clinic in Dillenburg also had to close due to a shortage of doctors. There had been criticism of this and protests. In the previous decade, over a dozen hospital maternity wards in Hesse had been forced to close due to a lack of staff or for cost reasons.
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The closure of the gynecology department in Dillenburg highlights the ongoing issue of a shortage of doctors in Hesse's hospitals. Residents of Central Hesse now face longer journeys to reach the nearest gynecological departments in Siegen, Wetzlar, Giessen, or Marburg. This is not the first time a hospital department in Hesse has closed due to a lack of medical staff; just a year ago, the maternity ward at the Dillenburg clinic had to shut down for the same reason.
Source: www.stern.de
