Future of emergency practice in Albstadt: Tralmer is fighting for preservation!

Future of emergency practice in Albstadt: Tralmer is fighting for preservation!

in Albstadt, the pressure on health care is growing because the closure of emergency practice threatens. On the occasion of a meeting of the local council, Mayor Roland Tralmer informed about the state of affairs. The Baden-Württemberg (KVBW) Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians had already announced in October that the standby practice in the basement of the Zollernalb Clinic was closed. However, Tralmer emphasized that a final decision is still pending and that the closure could only take place in Laufen after the tunnel construction site was completed. According to him, the emergency practice is not closed during the construction work, since other emergency practices would be difficult to reach during this time, which could lead to a critical situation, such as Schwaebische.de reported.

unexplained future and concern about the clinic emergency recording

The closure plans affect a total of 18 emergency practices in the southwest, including practices in Ellwangen and Bad Saulgau. Tralmer also expressed his concerns about the emergency room in the Zollernalb Clinic, which could also be closed over the holidays. According to his statements, the cause lies in a lack of staff that was already discussed in internal discussions. Although he makes diplomatic efforts to prevent the closures, he sees little chance of a positive turn. "I hear the clinic management that it is due to the lack of staff and that you have to ensure the company," he said, as well as Schwarzwaelder-bote.de reported.

The discussion about emergency practice is part of a larger concept for the restructuring of the medical on -call duty, which is considered necessary by the KVBW to ensure the supply of the population. However, Tralmer fears that these measures could lead to a deterioration in medical emergency care.