Hospital Reform: Hospitals Demand More Money for Crisis Preparedness

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Clinics in Germany would have to prepare for possible wars, the Deutsche Krankenhausgesellschaft warns. It demands more financial support from the state.

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The German Hospital Federation (DKG) is calling for more funding to make hospitals more resilient to crises. "Politicians should have given greater consideration to these resilience issues during the hospital reform," DKG Chairman Gerald Gaß told the Tagesspiegel newspaper. Now, he said, the entire healthcare system must be prepared for crisis situations in a targeted and comprehensive manner. "And to achieve this, policymakers will have no cho…