Emergency practice in Albstadt: Hope despite planned closure!

Emergency practice in Albstadt: Hope despite planned closure!

In Albstadt, the future and the operation of the emergency practice are in jeopardy. Although the Baden-Württemberg Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KVBW) announced the end of the practice at the Zollernalb Clinic in October, Mayor Roland Tralmer has not yet marked the matter as final. He announced that the closure will not take place until the tunnel construction site on federal highway 463 has been completed at the earliest, as this will cause significant disruption to the accessibility of other emergency practices. “We have been able to achieve so much so far,” emphasized Tralmer at a local council meeting, in which Dr. Doris Reinhardt, deputy chairwoman of the KVBW, was present. He appealed for the consequences of the construction site to be taken into account, as other practices could not be reached within an acceptable time during the work Schwäbische.de reported.

As the pressure to close increases, there is widespread confusion among the population. Especially since a total of 18 emergency practices in the southwest are affected. The new plans that were officially presented in Stuttgart are causing a stir. According to Tralmer, one must be prepared for the fact that the announced closure of the emergency room over the holidays can hardly be averted because there is a lack of staff. “I hear from the clinic management that it is due to a lack of staff and that we have to ensure operations,” he said pessimistically. These concerns have already been confirmed by those responsible for the clinic in a press release, which also outlined how the clinic would operate over the holidays. How Schwarzwaelder-Bote.de reported that from now on there will only be emergency practices in selected cities in the region.