Alarm mood in Geesthacht: Hospital threatened - 100,000 people in danger!

Alarm mood in Geesthacht: Hospital threatened - 100,000 people in danger!

The Duchy of the Duchy of Lauenburg is alarm: In an urgent open letter to the MPs of the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament and the Ministry of Health warn the regional business associations of the catastrophic consequences of a possible closure of the Geesthacht Hospital. This would take over over 100,000 people in the southern district of adequate medical care and endanger emergency care in the region. For many residents, especially in places such as Schwarzenbek and Lauenburg, the next emergency clinics would only be achieved with long journey times - an intolerable situation that contradicts the statutory aid periods.

The critical situation also affects important medical departments, including the gynecological station, which was only declared necessary 18 months ago, as well as the psychotherapeutic clinic, the closure of which mentally ill people would be particularly affected. The loss of these facilities would not only significantly impair health care, but also affect the regional economy. The economic association calls for the state government to take responsibility and to work clearly for the preservation of the hospital before it is too late. The population has a right to quick and close medical help, and it cannot be that it becomes a game ball of politics, Herzogtum-direkt.de reports .