Rahden Hospital: Higher Regional Court continues to stop - what now?
Rahden Hospital: Higher Regional Court continues to stop - what now?
On May 8, 2025, the Higher Regional Court of Hamm decided that the application of the city of Rahden will be rejected for the continued operation of the local hospital. This was done as part of an interim legal protection procedure. The district of Minden-Lübbecke and the mill circle clinics can now build on positive legal certainty that enables them to implement their plans for a modern health infrastructure. The decision is made by file number I-22 W 8/25 and 8 O 338/24.
The city of Rahden referred to a contract from 1955, which transferred the hospital building and the property to the then district of Lübbecke. The city argued that this 70 -year -old contract can be derived from a continued operator obligation. However, this argument was rejected by the Bielefeld Regional Court and the Higher Regional Court of Hamm, which underlines the decision of the courts.
closure of the hospitals in the region
In parallel to these judicial decisions, the Minden-Lübbecke district council decided with a large majority, and only six votes against the AfD and CDU, the closure of both the hospital in Rahden and the hospital in Lübbecke. The focus is now on a new hospital in Espelkamp, the capacity of which is designed for up to 400 beds. This new hospital will be crucial for ensuring basic medical care in the region.The planned fields of the new hospital include internal medicine, general surgery, orthopedics, geriatrics and a birthplace. The location in Espelkamp was chosen to ensure a maximum travel time of 20 minutes for patients from the surrounding places. These measures are part of a comprehensive plan to improve health care in Lübbecker Land.
long -term vision of health care
District Administrator Ali Doğan expressed a positive statement about the development and emphasized the need for cooperative cooperation with cities, municipalities and citizens to improve health care in the region. "The Lübbecker Land Clinic will offer future-proof basic and regular care at a high medical and nursing level," said Doğan. Particular attention is also paid to the Center for Mental Health, in which two university clinics for psychiatric and psychosomatic care are to be located.
These reforms and the construction of a new hospital come in the context of a nationwide hospital reform, which pursues the goal of increasing the quality of treatment and ensuring a comprehensive medical care. This also includes the hospital provision of improvement law, which is to be advised on June 27, 2024, in order to increase the efficiency in healthcare and to reduce bureau hurdles.
These developments represent a significant turn for the health infrastructure in the region and show that those responsible not only seek short -term solutions, but are also striving for a sustainable improvement in medical care.
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Quellen | |