I urgently wanted ENT doctors: Neuruppin against the patient crisis?

I urgently wanted ENT doctors: Neuruppin against the patient crisis?

Neuruppin. Alarm mood among the patients! Ina Großmann's well-attended ENT practice will be closed at the end of the year, because the 66-year-old doctor will retire! Your return is expected until September 2025, but the search for a successor is more difficult than expected! OGD boss Susanne Rost is frustrated: Nobody has shown interest so far, although the position has been advertised in the media in social networks!

But that's not all! Meanwhile, five counties are fighting with an acute shortage of specialists: Prignitz, Oberhavel, Dahme-Spreewald, Elbe-Elster and Oberspreewald-Lausitz are on the hunt for ENT doctors! In Prignitz, the supply of just 74 percent is more than worrying. The example of Elbe-Elster shows a similar picture with 82 percent. Here everything indicates a dramatic supply of supply!

Lack of doctors runs through the region

"Specialists for neck, nose and ear medicine are urgently sought in many regions," warns a spokeswoman for the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Potsdam. With the closure of Großmann's practice, Ostprignitz-Ruppin could reach a new low, because the region is oversupply, but this could quickly tip over if no successor is found. The ENT practices in Neuruppin, Neustadt (Dosse) and Wittstock are in need!

patients have to prepare for longer waiting times! Young doctors shy away from the risk of their own practice and prefer secure jobs in medical care centers (MVZ) - a trend that puts the supply to the test. It is to be hoped that a suitable successor will soon be found for the popular ENT doctor before the health care in the region falls into chaos!