Waiting times at the doctor: scandalous long surgical cancellations in our health system!
Waiting times at the doctor: scandalous long surgical cancellations in our health system!
Waiting times for operations in Austrian and German hospitals are unbearable. Despite all the efforts of the facilities, the situation has deteriorated. A current example is the case of a little boy who has to wait a year for an urgently needed intervention for a year, while an older lady was an incredible two years with painful knee problems. These are just a few tragic fates among many, as reported by the Krone . The waiting times for classic interventions such as intervertebral disc operations are now over eight months, with patients to be patient for over a year.
The situation is additionally tightened by an acute lack of doctors. The number of ENT operators in Hamburg has dropped from 50 to only 20, which has led to halving the operations carried out. The President of the ENT Association, Jan Löhler, complains of this dramatic development, which is primarily due to inadequate remuneration. Even if the associations of health insurance show little understanding of this argument, reality remains worrying for many patients. Families Like that from Frank or Waiting for OP appointments that can take up to four months or more, such as mdr
a desperate struggle for operations
Despite the high demand, there is often no arbitration board for patients who decide on the urgency of their interventions. Instead, only the complaint management remains. But the chances of success are low. As emphasized by experts, affected families can only try to call numerous medical practices or disguise themselves as privately insured in order to obtain faster treatment, but this increases the financial burden. This is shown by the grotesque dilemma in the health system, where demand exceeds the available capacities.| Details | |
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| Ort | Donaustadt, Österreich |
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