DRK withdraws from hospital care - massive bankruptcies in RLP!
DRK withdraws from hospital care - massive bankruptcies in RLP!
The regional association of German Red Cross (DRK) in Rhineland-Palatinate announced its withdrawal from hospital care on February 6, 2025. This decision, which is described as emotionally but necessary, results from considerable economic burdens that have been reinforced by the current health care reform and other factors. The DRK state board, under the direction of chairman of the supervisory board Manuel González, is forced to give up the clinics so as not to endanger your own core order as a national auxiliary company.
As early as December 2024, the DRK submitted bankruptcy applications for five clinic locations: Alzey, Altenkirchen, Hachenburg, Churches and Neuwied. Now the association is planning bankruptcy for five important facilities: the day clinics in Bad Kreuznach and Worms, the specialist clinic Bad Neuenahr, the DRK Pain Center Mainz and the DRK Kamillus Klinik Asbach. These latest developments concern around 2,500 employees in the region.
economic challenges and health -political uncertainties
The financial difficulties of the clinics are considerable. They are mainly faced with the millions of the Rhenish supplementary pension fund. These demands mean that the clinics can no longer fulfill their obligations to pension for parts of the workforce. A previously developed renovation concept could not be put into practice, which further tightened the situation.
The economic situation of small hospitals has increasingly deteriorated due to the ongoing reforms of the healthcare system, such as the Hospital Reform Act. These reforms that aim to make the health sector more efficiently and more patient -oriented also bring about challenges, including increased financing needs and the need to increase efficiency. Wirtschaftsdienst emphasizes that the demographic change and digitization are additional stress for the system.
future prospects of the DRK
In view of these difficulties, the DRK emphasizes that patient care at the locations concerned is still secured and that salaries can be paid by bankruptcy money during the insolvency proceedings. The association plans to concentrate more on its humanitarian core order and emergency rescue instead of working in the hospital system in the future. The decision to take this step reflects the basic changes and challenges that the health system faces in Germany.The situation not only illustrates the financial hurdles that the DRK is confronted with, but also the far-reaching implications that the reforms in the health sector can have for the care of the population in Rhineland-Palatinate and beyond. The DRK in Rhineland-Palatinate must now find new ways to meet its order, while the challenges in the health system remain noticeable.
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