Saarland: Corona pandemic successfully processed-the focus!
Saarland: Corona pandemic successfully processed-the focus!
The Saarland has made significant progress in dealing with the Corona pandemic. This result is presented in a report that Katrin Heine, specialist for neurology and employee at the Merzig-Wadern health office, presented in the Health Committee of the Landtag. The report is based on over 30 written and oral statements by 42 actors mainly from the health sector, which corresponds to a participation rate of 63 percent. A total of 67 participants and institutions were interviewed. The basis was a written query and a two -day hearing in September 2023, such as SR reported.
As part of this review, Hermann-Josef Scharf (CDU), chairman of the Health Committee, emphasized the uniqueness of the Saarland evaluation, which in this form does not carry out any other state. In autumn 2023, a corresponding application is to be submitted in the state parliament and discussed in the plenary.recommendations for the future
The respondents expressed the desire for a forward -looking communication structure for crisis situations and targeted data collection. They also called for an improvement in digitization in healthcare, strengthening the public health service and investing in the domestic production of health goods and research. The continuation of interdisciplinary cooperation was also considered important.
The border closures during the pandemic, which had a negative effect on freight and passenger traffic as well as vulnerable groups, were particularly critically evaluated. On the other hand, the vaccination strategy in Saarland, the effective cooperation at the state level and the first steps towards digitization was mentioned positively.long -term consequences and other measures
Minister of Health Magnus Jung (SPD) pointed out the long-term consequences of pandemic that affect many people, including long-covid and mental illnesses. He emphasized the need that politics is heard by the person concerned. In order to address this topic, Jung announced the creation of a white book that should contain recommendations for action. This white book is estimated at about a year and will cost several hundred thousand euros, such as the information from wikipedia Complement.
If you look back on the evolutionary developments of pandemic in Saarland, it experienced the first suspected cases early on. The first Covid 19 case in Saarbrücken was reported on March 3, 2020, followed by a rapid increase in the number of cases. By the end of March 2020, 961 cases and 9 deaths were documented. The figures rose to 12,914 cases and 466 deaths by the end of 2020, and in January 2021 the confirmed cases were 25,782 with 750 deaths. These facts illustrate the drama of the situation and the challenges for the health system, as described in retrospect in the pandemic of the German health system in the Federal Center for Political Education .
The discussion about the strengths and weaknesses of the German health system during pandemic is still up to date. In particular, the lack of personnel in the care sector and inadequate emergency plans were identified as major problems. These aspects will continue to pay more attention in the political and social debate in the future.
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