Well-being - Planned emergency care reform poses challenges for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, according to CDU.
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach's (SPD) plan to reform the rescue service and emergency care could leave rural areas behind, the CDU in the Schwerin state parliament warns. If Lauterbach's proposals are implemented, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern would be left with just two rescue control centers instead of its current six, parliamentary group leader Daniel Peters revealed on Sunday.
This is unacceptable for a large, sparsely populated state like Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Peters said after visiting the integrated control center in Greifswald. The proposal is ill-conceived for such a state.
According to the Federal Ministry of Health's plans, there should only be one rescue control center per million inhabitants in Germany in the future. This might lead to issues in states with low population densities, such as Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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- SPD member and Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach's proposed emergency care reform could pose significant challenges for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, as warned by the CDU in the Schwerin state parliament.
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a large and sparsely populated state, would be left with only two rescue control centers instead of six under Lauterbach's plan, according to CDU's parliamentary group leader Daniel Peters.
- Peters, after visiting the integrated control center in Greifswald, criticized the proposal as unsuitable for a state like Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, citing potential issues with emergency care.
- If the reform proposals are implemented, worries about emergency care could arise in other states with low population densities, such as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, as per the Federal Ministry of Health's plans.
- Lauterbach's plan to reduce the number of rescue control centers to one per million inhabitants in Germany could negatively impact hospitals and emergency services in rural areas, like those in Greifswald, according to critics.
- Daniel Peters, the CDU leader, emphasized the importance of a robust emergency care system for rural areas like Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, expressing concerns over the potential impacts of Lauterbach's proposed reforms on local healthcare.
Source: www.stern.de
