Clinics are calling for a nationwide day of protest

20.09.2023 11:10

The German hospitals are calling for a nationwide day of protest on September 20th. The background is the difficult economic situation of hospitals, which is forcing more and more hospitals into bankruptcy. The hospitals are demanding immediate inflation compensation in order to cushion the increased prices and the complete refinancing of the decided and urgently needed tariff increases for 2024.

The central rally will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Representatives of clinics and their employees will report on the situation of the hospitals and present their demands to politicians. “Hospitals finally need inflation compensation. Free enterprise companies have simply adjusted their prices to inflation, this is not possible for clinics. Nevertheless, they have to pay the prices that have increased everywhere. This leads to sometimes dramatic economic difficulties. Almost no clinic can still pay its bills with ongoing income. The number of bankruptcies has already reached record levels. Politicians consistently ignore this drama and accept that more and more supply options are disappearing. We now have to protest loudly so that we can continue to provide people with good care,” explains the deputy chairwoman of the German Hospital Association, Prof. Dr. Henriette Neumeyer.

Further rallies will be organized by the state hospital associations on the same day; these will take place in Stuttgart, Saarbrücken, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt/Main, Hanover and Mainz.