Emergency rescue in Tirschenreuth: No crisis after the hospital closes!

Emergency rescue in Tirschenreuth: No crisis after the hospital closes!

In the emergency rescue in the district of Tirschenreuth, the closure of the Tirschenreuth hospital in April 2024 did not result in any serious effects on rescue services. Dr. Josef Kick, head of the Upper Palatinate North rescue association, confirmed that the current transport time has risen from about 20 minutes to around 23 minutes, while the critical 12-minute period for emergency doctors can continue to be observed. Only the "Prähospital period" has increased on average from one hour to five minutes longer, but this is still within the framework if you take the average Bavaria -wide values into account.

In addition, the emergency room in the Fichtelgebirge Clinic in Marktredwitz increases the number of patients by 25% after the emergency room has been closed in neighboring locations. Thanks to the expansion measures, the average treatment period from 146 minutes could be reduced to 137 minutes. At the same time, the Weiden Clinic sees a monthly increase of 200 patients in the emergency room, which illustrates the undersupply of minor cases. A call for better communication via the post-regulated telephone practice (116 117) was also formulated to relieve the emergency rooms according to a report by www.br.de .